Colson Whitehead

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Biography

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 nonfiction books. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colson Whitehead, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Colson Whitehead has 5 screen credits in a career dating back to 1996. Signature works include Nickel Boys, The Intuitionist. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

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Known For
Writing
Gender
male
Known Credits
5
Birth Date
1969-11-06 00:00:00
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA

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