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Jonathan Franzen

1959 - Today

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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. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen's latest novel Crossroads was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Franzen is the 3,119th most popular writer (down from 2,867th in 2019), the 4,511th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,625th in 2019) and the 357th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jonathan Franzen ranks 3,119 out of 7,302. Before him are Herbert Read, Frederick Denison Maurice, Ludovico di Varthema, Jim Rohn, Faltonia Betitia Proba, and Aleksandr Tvardovsky. After him are Marco Foscarini, Jean-Sifrein Maury, Lily Braun, Leon Uris, Kostis Palamas, and Joseph Delaney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Jonathan Franzen ranks 159. Before him are R. A. Salvatore, John C. McGinley, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Roberto Moreno, Nobuo Uematsu, and Vincent Lindon. After him are Sigmar Gabriel, Jason Alexander, Gilmar Rinaldi, Toni Servillo, Mark Meadows, and Yoshitomo Nara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Franzen ranks 4,511 out of 20,380. Before him are Evelyn Berezin (1925), Nikos Galis (1957), Dorothy McGuire (1916), Jim Rohn (1930), Lori Lightfoot (1962), and Richard E. Bellman (1920). After him are David Cassidy (1950), Harold Arlen (1905), William Forsythe (1949), Jon Cryer (1965), Tim Russ (1956), and Leon Uris (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jonathan Franzen ranks 357. Before him are John Edward Williams (1922), Richard Bandler (1950), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Gregory Benford (1941), Larry Niven (1938), and Jim Rohn (1930). After him are Leon Uris (1924), Morgan Robertson (1861), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Brian Herbert (1947), Robert Ressler (1937), and Edward Gorey (1925).

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