Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead: Colson Whitehead beim Texas Book Festival 2009

Colson Whitehead (* 1969 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Romancier. 2002 erhielt er ein MacArthur Fellowship.

Whitehead wuchs in Manhattan auf, wo er die renommierte Trinity School besuchte. Anschließend studierte er in Harvard. Nach seinem Abschluss 1991 schrieb Whitehead zwei Jahre lang für The Village Voice.^[1] In dieser Zeit begann er seine ersten Romane zu entwerfen.

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The Intuitionist (1999)

John Henry Days (2001)

The Colossus of New York (2003)

Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)

Rezension von Thomas David in der Zeit

Der letzte Sommer auf Long Island. Hanser, München 2011 (Originaltitel: Sag Harbor: A novel, übersetzt von Nikolaus Stingl), ISBN 978-3-446-23644-8.

Rezension von Christoph Keller in der Zeit

Zone One (2011) ISBN 978-0385528078

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On Point - What's in a Name? (Interview, 4. September 2006)

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↑ Colson Whitehead. Abgerufen am 18. März 2008.

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