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David Guterson

デイヴィッド・グターソン　/　でいゔぃっど・ぐたーそん

American writer

May 4, 1956 (age 70)　・　Seattle, Washington, United States

Washington
writer
novelist
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My Take

Guterson is a writer I quietly admire. Snow Falling on Cedars could have been a loud courtroom drama, but he chose patience instead, letting the morality of Japanese American internment settle over the reader like falling snow. That restraint is harder than it looks, and the PEN/Faulkner Award felt earned rather than fashionable. What I respect most is that he never chased trends. He found his subject, the uneasy corners of American history, and wrote them with care. Books built that deliberately tend to outlive their decade, and I suspect his will keep finding new readers for years.

Overview

David Guterson ( GUT-ər-sən; born May 4, 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist. He is best known as the author of the bestselling Japanese American internment novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1994).

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

1. Profile

Name (English): David Guterson
Name (Japanese): デイヴィッド・グターソン
Reading: でいゔぃっど・ぐたーそん
Born: May 4, 1956 (age 70)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Monkey
Origin: Seattle, Washington, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / novelist / journalist / screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Roosevelt High School
University: University of Washington

Awards & achievements

Guggenheim Fellowship
1995 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1996 Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Snow Falling on Cedars	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

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