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George Saunders

1958 - Today

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George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books, and novels. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, and GQ. He also contributed a weekly column, "American Psyche", to The Guardian's weekend magazine between 2006 and 2008. A professor at Syracuse University, Saunders won the National Magazine Award for fiction in 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2004, and second prize in the O. Henry Awards in 1997. His first story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, was a finalist for the 1996 PEN/Hemingway Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). George Saunders is the 6,140th most popular writer (up from 6,177th in 2024), the 10,737th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,598th in 2019) and the 784th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Saunders ranks 6,140 out of 7,302. Before her are Zoé Valdés, Amory Lovins, Joan Lindsay, Julio Llamazares, William Inge, and Elizabeth F. Ellet. After her are Martin Österdahl, Padma Sachdev, Donato Carrisi, Tim LaHaye, Mark Manson, and Jerry Pournelle.

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Among people born in 1958, George Saunders ranks 453. Before her are Derek Riggs, Bill Berry, Mick Karn, Etienne De Wilde, Henrik Svensmark, and Gianni Alemanno. After her are Bob Bradley, Lenny Von Dohlen, Mark King, Serse Cosmi, Rick Rude, and Maria das Neves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Saunders ranks 10,739 out of 20,380. Before her are Sandy Allen (1955), Joel Goldsmith (1957), Joseph Pilato (1949), Bob Clark (1939), John M. Lounge (1946), and Carroll Quigley (1910). After her are John Delaney (1963), Ellen Kuras (1959), Parker Stevenson (1952), Boyd Holbrook (1981), Cherie Currie (1959), and Florence Turner (1885).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, George Saunders ranks 784. Before her are Deborah Harkness (1965), M. Scott Peck (1936), Peter Matthiessen (1927), Amory Lovins (1947), William Inge (1913), and Elizabeth F. Ellet (1818). After her are Tim LaHaye (1926), Mark Manson (1984), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Donald A. Wollheim (1914), John Logan (1961), and Dick Cavett (1936).

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