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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead [1] (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist.
Jul 22, 2024 · Colson Whitehead is an American author known for innovative novels that explore social themes, including racism, while often incorporating fantastical elements. He was the first writer to win a Pulitzer Prize for consecutive books: the historical novels The Underground Railroad (2016) and The Nickel Boys (2019).
Jul 18, 2023 · Colson Whitehead. CROOK MANIFESTO, the second book in the Harlem Trilogy, will be published on July 18th, 2023. Surely this is exciting news, the return of the good gumbo.
COLSON WHITEHEAD is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eleven works of fiction and nonfiction, and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, for The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award.
Bio. Colson Whitehead was born in 1969, and was raised in Manhattan. After graduating from Harvard College, he started working at the Village Voice, where he wrote reviews of television, books, and music. His first novel, The Intuitionist, concerned intrigue in the Department of Elevator Inspectors, and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway and ...
Sep 8, 2021 · Whitehead steeped himself in novels by Chester Himes, Patricia Highsmith and Richard Stark, one of Donald Westlake’s pen names.
Oct 21, 2021 · The black laborer’s brawny exploits in building the C&O Railroad had inspired a famous folk ballad — as well as the novel Whitehead was struggling to write.
Mar 1, 2021 · Colson Whitehead: The only writer to win fiction Pulitzers for consecutive works speaks with 60 Minutes. By John Dickerson. February 28, 2021 / 7:14 PM EST / CBS News. The club of writers who...
Jun 5, 2024 · "My early '70s New York is dingy and grimy," the Pulitzer Prize-winning author says. Whitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level. Originally broadcast July 24, 2023.
US author Colson Whitehead has become only the fourth writer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice. The African-American author was honoured for The Nickel Boys, which...
