Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead

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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead, better known as Colson Whitehead, is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist renowned for works such as "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys," both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead canonical 2

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
awardReceivedForWork Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; The Nickel Boys ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; The Underground Railroad ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1969-11-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
employer Columbia University ⓘ
New York University ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
fieldOfWork American literature ⓘ
contemporary literature ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
hasGivenGenreDefiningWork The Nickel Boys ⓘ
The Underground Railroad ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead ⓘ
Colson Whitehead ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Apex Hides the Hurt ⓘ
Crook Manifesto ⓘ
Harlem Shuffle ⓘ
John Henry Days ⓘ
Sag Harbor ⓘ
The Colossus of New York ⓘ
The Intuitionist ⓘ
The Nickel Boys ⓘ
The Noble Hustle ⓘ
The Underground Railroad ⓘ
Zone One ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ

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Colson Whitehead → birthName → Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead ⓘ
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead → name → Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead ⓘ