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Jonathan Franzen

ジョナサン・フランゼン　/　じょなさん・ふらんぜん

American novelist

August 17, 1959 (age 66)　・　Western Springs, Illinois, United States

Illinois
novelist
writer
essayist

My Take

Jonathan Franzen is one of the few contemporary American novelists I trust to take the messiness of family life seriously and never flinch. The Corrections and Freedom earned him a National Book Award, a Pulitzer finalist nod, and a stack of other honors, but the prizes are not why I admire him. It is the unfashionable willingness to write the big, demanding social novel, plus the cranky, bird-loving public persona that comes with it. A Swarthmore intellectual who refuses to look down on his characters' pettiness, he writes people as they actually are. That clear-eyed compassion is rarer than any award shelf suggests.

Overview

Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Jonathan Franzen
Name (Japanese): ジョナサン・フランゼン
Reading: じょなさん・ふらんぜん
Born: August 17, 1959 (age 66)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Boar
Origin: Western Springs, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: novelist / writer / essayist / opinion journalist / translator

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Webster Groves High School
University: Swarthmore College

Awards & achievements

honorary degree
1996 Guggenheim Fellowship
2002 James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2001 National Book Award
Fulbright Scholarship
2001 National Book Award for Fiction

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Corrections	—
Notable work	Freedom	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://jonathanfranzen.com
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3

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