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Ben Fountain

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1958 · age 68

Ben Fountain is an American writer currently living in New Bern, North Carolina. He has won many awards including a PEN/Hemingway Award for Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories (2007) and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for his debut novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2012).

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National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction2012
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award2007

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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 68

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Makenzie LeighAlso in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)Ric ReitzAlso in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)Mason LeeAlso in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)Cooper AndrewsAlso in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)Chang-Rae LeeBoth received Hemingway Foundation/PEN AwardDeena DillAlso in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)