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Ben Fountain

ベン・ファウンテン　/　べん・ふぁうんてん

American writer

January 1, 1958 (age 68)　・　Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

North Carolina
writer
novelist
short story writer

My Take

Ben Fountain fascinates me as a writer who refused to rush. He built his name on short stories, won the PEN/Hemingway for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, and then floored everyone with his debut novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, taking the National Book Critics Circle Award. What I value most is his nerve: he stares straight at American self-deception around war and patriotism instead of flattering his readers. That patience and moral seriousness are rare. He's proof that a slow-burning, carefully aged body of work can hit harder than a torrent of output. I'd trust this man's sentences anywhere.

Overview

Ben Fountain (born 1958) is an American writer currently living in New Bern, North Carolina. He has won many awards including a PEN/Hemingway Award for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2007) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for his debut novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ben Fountain
Name (Japanese): ベン・ファウンテン
Reading: べん・ふぁうんてん
Born: January 1, 1958 (age 68)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Dog
Origin: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / novelist / short story writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Duke University

Awards & achievements

2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
2007 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3

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