Photo: Department of English, Arizona State University / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Percival Everett is, for my money, one of the most quietly fearless writers working today. Self-described as pathologically ironic, he refuses to be pinned to a single genre, sliding from westerns to satire to philosophical fiction with unnerving ease. What I admire most is the timing of his ascent: he won the National Book Award for James in 2024, a daring retelling of Huckleberry Finn from the enslaved Jim's view, after decades of underappreciation. A novelist getting sharper and more celebrated in his late sixties is rare. I find his whole trajectory deeply inspiring.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Percival Everett
- Name (Japanese)
- パーシヴァル・エヴェレット
- Reading
- ぱーしゔぁる・えゔぇれっと
- Born
- December 22, 1956 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / scholar of English / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 2018 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
- 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2024 National Book Award for Fiction
- 2021 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award
- PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
- 2012 Lucien Barrière Literary Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Erasure | — | |
| Notable work | I Am Not Sidney Poitier | — | |
| Notable work | James | — | |
| Notable work | Dr. No | — |
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival%20Everett
Frequently asked questions
When was Percival Everett born?
Born December 22, 1956 (age 69).
Where is Percival Everett from?
Percival Everett is from Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States.
What does Percival Everett do?
Percival Everett works as writer, novelist, scholar of English, university teacher.
What is Percival Everett known for?
Notable works include Erasure, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, James.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.