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Richard Powers
American novelist (born 1957) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Richard Powers, see Richard Powers (disambiguation).
Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction.[1][2] He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2023, Powers has published thirteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory.
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Born | (1957-06-18) June 18, 1957 (age 67) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, professor of English |
Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA, MA) |
Period | 1985–present (as writer) |
Genre | Literary novels |
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