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Michael Cunningham was born on November 6, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States and is credited as a writer, screenwriter and novelist. As of 2026, Michael Cunningham is 73 years old. Schooling on record includes La Cañada High School and Stanford University. Listed accolades include Guggenheim Fellowship, Lambda Literary Award, Fernanda Pivano Award for American Literature (2011) and 2 more.
My Take
What draws me to Michael Cunningham is his refusal to write loudly. The Hours could have been a gimmick, three timelines orbiting Virginia Woolf, but instead it became one of the most quietly devastating American novels of its era, earning both the Pulitzer and the PEN/Faulkner. I admire writers who locate the cosmic inside the domestic, and Cunningham does exactly that. A Cincinnati kid who trained at Stanford and now teaches at Yale, he has clearly chosen craft and mentorship over spectacle. That restraint, the willingness to let silence do the heavy lifting, is precisely why his work keeps rewarding rereading for me.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Cunningham
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・カニンガム
- Reading
- まいける・かにんがむ
- Born
- November 6, 1952 (age 73)
- Origin
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Occupation
- writer / screenwriter / novelist / university teacher / poet
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
2. Background
- High school
- La Cañada High School
- University
- Stanford University
Awards & achievements
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Lambda Literary Award
- 2011 Fernanda Pivano Award for American Literature
- 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.michaelcunningham.com/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Cunningham
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A0
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310257
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Michael Cunningham born?
Michael Cunningham was born on November 6, 1952 and is 73 years old.
Where is Michael Cunningham from?
Michael Cunningham is from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
What does Michael Cunningham do?
Michael Cunningham works as writer, screenwriter, novelist, university teacher, poet.
Where did Michael Cunningham study?
Michael Cunningham attended Stanford University.
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