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Jonathan Lethem

1964 - Today

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Jonathan Allen Lethem (; born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. In 1999, Lethem published Motherless Brooklyn, a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel that achieved mainstream success. In 2003, he published The Fortress of Solitude, which became a New York Times Best Seller. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Lethem is the 6,673rd most popular writer (up from 6,804th in 2019), the 13,644th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,089th in 2019) and the 967th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jonathan Lethem ranks 6,673 out of 7,302Before him are George Clayton Johnson, Leena Lehtolainen, Tom Egeland, Amelia Opie, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Ingo Schulze. After him are Mitch Albom, Daniel Handler, Tom Lanoye, Claudio Rodriguez Fer, Jeff Noon, and Chris Hedges.

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Among people born in 1964, Jonathan Lethem ranks 635Before him are Eli Ohana, Jushin Liger, Leena Lehtolainen, Bill Browder, Jesper Skibby, and Nicolae Juravschi. After him are Ilya Segalovich, Eric Boe, Igors Miglinieks, Yury Dokhoian, Lee Evans, and Marion Clignet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Lethem ranks 13,648 out of 20,380Before him are John Fitch (1917), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), Joe Carnahan (1969), Eric Close (1967), Ray LaHood (1945), and Marguerite Chapman (1918). After him are Jake Johnson (1978), Gary Valentine (1961), Tom Watson (1949), Davis Guggenheim (1963), Kelli Giddish (1980), and Mitch Albom (1958).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jonathan Lethem ranks 967Before him are Sue Monk Kidd (1948), Arthur Kopit (1937), John Stossel (1947), Lisa Brennan-Jobs (1978), George Clayton Johnson (1929), and Maxine Hong Kingston (1940). After him are Mitch Albom (1958), Daniel Handler (1970), Chris Hedges (1956), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Catherine Asaro (1955), and Katharine Lee Bates (1859).