George Saunders

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
gptkbp:hasArtStyle Magical realism
Satirical
Postmodern
gptkbp:hasAwards gptkb:Man_Booker_Prize
gptkb:The_Story_Prize
gptkb:National_Magazine_Award
PEN/Malamud Award
gptkbp:hasBirthDate December 2, 1958
gptkbp:hasChild gptkb:Cecilia_Saunders
gptkb:Zoe_Saunders
Theodore_Saunders
gptkbp:hasContribution Short stories
Essays
Novels
Creative writing teaching
gptkbp:hasEducation gptkb:Syracuse_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:hasGenre Fiction
gptkbp:hasGoals “You can’t be a writer without being a reader.”
“I think of writing as a kind of a conversation.”
“I’m always trying to find a way to make the world a little bit better.”
“The writer’s job is to find a way to make the world a little bit better.”
“The best way to be a writer is to be a reader.”
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Ray_Bradbury
gptkb:Flannery_O'Connor
Kurt Vonnegut
gptkbp:hasIntersectionsWith gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:NPR
gptkb:The_Paris_Review
gptkbp:hasNationality American
gptkbp:hasNotableWork gptkb:Lincoln_in_the_Bardo
Tenth of December
Pastoralia
gptkbp:hasOccupation Writer
gptkbp:hasResidence gptkb:Syracuse,_New_York
gptkbp:hasSpouse Paula_Saunders
gptkbp:hasTheme Isolation
Mortality
Empathy
Human connection
Societal_critique
gptkbp:hasWebsite georgesaundersbooks.com
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Saunders