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Zadie Smith
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english novelist, essayist and short story writer (born 1975)
Zadie Smith is an English novelist, essayist, and short story writer born in 1975 who has become one of the most prominent literary voices of her generation. Her work is widely read and studied because of her sharp social observations, inventive storytelling, and ability to explore contemporary themes of identity, culture, and belonging.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Spouse
- Nick Laird
- Occupation
- academic
- Employer
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- essay
- Movement
- literary realism
- Official website
- www.zadiesmith.com
- Image
- Zadie Smith NBCC 2011 Shankbone.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Commons category
- Zadie Smith
- date of birth
- 1975-10-25
- influenced by
- C. S. Lewis
- name in native language
- Zadie Smith
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 5180
- nominated for
- Booker Prize
- P12749
- Johann Nikolaus Forkel
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Encyclopedic overview
Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie Smith; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, published in 2000, was an immediate best-seller and won a number of awards. Smith became a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty of New York University in September 2010.
Early life and education
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