Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead
b. 6 Nov 1969 · From United States- Books
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Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. His works include his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020, making him one of only four writers ever to win the prize twice. He has also published two books of nonfiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice — in 2017 for The Underground Railroad and in 2020 for The Nickel Boys. The Underground Railroad also won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction. Honours given to Whitehead himself rather than to a single book include a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, a Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
The Underground Railroad was adapted into a limited series for Amazon Prime Video. The Nickel Boys was adapted into a film.
Many readers find The Underground Railroad to be an accessible entry point due to its compelling narrative and critical acclaim. For those interested in a different style, Harlem Shuffle offers a more contemporary crime fiction approach.