Thomas Pynchon

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
novelist
gptkbp:activePeriod 1960s–present
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Inherent_Vice_(film)
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Book_Award_for_Fiction
gptkb:William_Dean_Howells_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1937-05-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Glen_Cove,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Jackson_Pynchon
gptkbp:education gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:genre historical fiction
postmodern literature
satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas Pynchon
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Don_DeLillo
gptkb:George_Saunders
gptkb:Zadie_Smith
gptkb:Jonathan_Lethem
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Jorge_Luis_Borges
gptkb:Vladimir_Nabokov
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:William_Gaddis
gptkbp:knownFor reclusiveness
complex narratives
dense prose
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Inherent_Vice
gptkb:Against_the_Day
gptkb:Bleeding_Edge
gptkb:Gravity's_Rainbow
gptkb:Mason_&_Dixon
gptkb:The_Crying_of_Lot_49
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gptkbp:occupation gptkb:writer
gptkbp:pseudonym gptkb:Wanda_Tinasky
gptkbp:religion Roman Catholic (raised)
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Manhattan
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:signature Thomas Pynchon signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Melanie_Jackson
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Pynchon_Notes_(journal)
gptkb:Pynchon_Wiki
gptkb:Thomas_Pynchon:_A_Journey_into_the_Mind_of_[p.]
biographies and critical studies
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gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkb:Jonathan_Franzen
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:Neal_Stephenson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4