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Colson Whitehead

American novelist (born 1969)

Person · Open Library

Born: 6 Nov 1969
Works: 15

Top works

Cool Machine
The Nickel Boys
מחתרת המסילה
Electric Literature No 2
The Underground Railroad

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Total plays: 1,588

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Key facts

Born: Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead , ( 1969-11-06 ) November 6, 1969 (age 56) , New York City, U.S.
Occupation: Writer
Education: Harvard University ( BA )
Genres: Fiction, non-fiction
Literary movement: Afro-Surrealism
Notable works: The Intuitionist (1999), John Henry Days (2001), Zone One (2011), The Underground Railroad (2016), The Nickel Boys (2019)
Notable awards: National Book Award for Fiction (2016) , Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2017 and 2020)
Spouse: Julie Barer

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Article

Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.

Early life