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Born July 15, 1947 (age 79) • Northampton • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Bukhman International Booker Prize (2013)
Notable Works “Break It Down” • “The End of the Story”
Notable Family Members spouse Paul Auster
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Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver
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Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
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Robert Coover
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Shirley Hazzard
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James T. Farrell
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
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George Saunders
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Mark Twain
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Henry James
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Theodore Dreiser
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