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Ottessa Moshfegh

1981 - Today

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Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh (; born May 20, 1981) is an American author and novelist. Her debut novel, Eileen (2015), won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a fiction finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Moshfegh's subsequent novels include My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Death in Her Hands, and Lapvona. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ottessa Moshfegh is the 7,172nd most popular writer (down from 7,152nd in 2019), the 17,601st most popular biography from United States (down from 17,161st in 2019) and the 1,164th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 7,172 out of 7,302. Before her are Tapan Kumar Pradhan, Adam Johnson, Will Self, Nadia Ghulam, Katharine Gun, and Scott Lynch. After her are Maggie Stiefvater, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Andrew Sean Greer, Binyavanga Wainaina, Kelly Link, and Eleanor Catton.

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Among people born in 1981, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 967. Before her are Florin Zalomir, Marco Tulio, Élson, Karolina Wydra, Simone Del Nero, and Teun Mulder. After her are Danilo Gomes, Diego Colotto, Guillermo Martínez, Zurab Khizanishvili, Nick Valensi, and Emanuele Sella.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 17,609 out of 20,380. Before her are Naturi Naughton (1984), Mick Wingert (1974), Lonzo Ball (1997), Gordon Hayward (1990), Stephen Full (1969), and András Kállay-Saunders (1985). After her are Taran Killam (1982), Nikolai Fraiture (1978), Stanley G. Love (1965), Louis Lombardi (1968), Phil Housley (1964), and Alimi Ballard (1977).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 1,164. Before her are Elizabeth Edwards (1949), Mary Roach (1959), Mike Reiss (1959), Edward Kitsis (1971), Adam Johnson (1967), and Scott Lynch (1978). After her are Maggie Stiefvater (1981), Andrew Sean Greer (1970), Kelly Link (1969), Craig Thomas (1971), J. G. Quintel (1982), and Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967).

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