Percival Everett
American writer (born 1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Percival Everett (born December 22, 1956)[1] is an American writer[2] and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologically ironic"[3] and has played around with numerous genres such as western fiction, mysteries, thrillers, satire and philosophical fiction.[4] His books are often satirical, aimed at exploring race and identity issues in the United States.
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Born | (1956-12-22) December 22, 1956 (age 67) Fort Gordon, Georgia, U.S. |
Occupation | Novelist, story writer |
Education | University of Miami (BA) Brown University (MA) |
Period | Contemporary |
Notable works | Erasure (2001); I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009); The Trees (2021) |
Notable awards | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction, 2023 |
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He is best known for his novels Erasure (2001), I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009), and The Trees (2021), which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.
Erasure was adapted as the film American Fiction (2023), written and directed by Cord Jefferson, starring Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, and Leslie Uggams.