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Jonathan Safran Foer
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jonathan Safran Foer (born February 21, 1977) is an American author best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005). In 2009, he published a work of nonfiction entitled Eating Animals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Safran Foer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of…
Known for
- David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count — Self2022
- Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story — Himself2017
- Wintergasten2007
- Everything Is Illuminated — Leaf Blower2005
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1977-02-21 ) February 21, 1977 (age 49) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Nickname
- JSF
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Education
- Princeton University ( BA ), Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Notable works
- Everything Is Illuminated (2002)
- Spouse
- Nicole Krauss ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 )
- Parents
- Esther Safran Foer (mother)
- Relatives
- Franklin Foer (brother) Joshua Foer (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Spouse
- Nicole Krauss
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
- Student of
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Field of work
- creative writing
- Image
- Jonathan Safran Foer.jpg
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- Jonathan Safran Foer
- date of birth
- 1977-02-21
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- name in native language
- Jonathan Safran Foer
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Safran Foer (/fɔːr/; born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist. He is known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), Here I Am (2016), and for his non-fiction works Eating Animals (2009) and We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast (2019). He teaches creative writing at New York University.
Early life
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