Richard Powers

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Powers
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize
gptkbp:birth_date June 18, 1957
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Evanston,_Illinois
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:genre Literary fiction
gptkbp:has_written gptkb:The_Gold_Bug_Variations
gptkb:The_Overstory
gptkb:The_Time_of_Our_Singing
gptkb:Orfeo
Gain
Plowing the Dark
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Powers
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:John_Barth
gptkb:Kurt_Vonnegut
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:Gabriel_García_Márquez
gptkbp:influences gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Don_De_Lillo
gptkb:Thomas_Pynchon
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_awards gptkb:The_St._Francis_College_Literary_Prize
gptkb:James_Fenimore_Cooper_Prize
gptkb:Lannan_Literary_Award
gptkb:Mac_Arthur_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Book_Award
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Overstory
gptkb:The_Echo_Maker
Generosity
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:residence gptkb:California
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lisa_K._Powers
gptkbp:themes gptkb:Nature
gptkb:technology
Environmentalism
Human relationships
gptkbp:website richardpowers.net
gptkbp:writing_style Experimental
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3