Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Author
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Swarthmore_College
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| gptkbp:associatedAct |
gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Magazine gptkb:Harper's_Magazine |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize
National Book Award |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
August 17, 1959
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Western_Springs,_Illinois
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| gptkbp:child |
gptkb:Jessica_Franzen
Anna_Franzen Sam_Franzen |
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
“You can’t be a writer without being a reader.”
“I’m not a very good writer, but I’m a very good rewriter.” “I think that the best way to be a writer is to be a reader.” “The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.” “The writer’s job is to get the reader to see the world through the writer’s eyes.” |
| gptkbp:genre |
Literary fiction
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Johnathan Franzen
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Contemporary_American_literature
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Don_DeLillo |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Environmental themes
Critique of modern society Exploration of family dynamics |
| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:nationality |
American
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
Freedom
Purity The Corrections |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Editor
Essayist Novelist |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Santa_Cruz,_California |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Kathleen_D._Franzen
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| gptkbp:website |
www.jonathanfranzen.com
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| gptkbp:wrote |
Realism
Satire Social commentary |