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Brian Evenson

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1966 · age 60

Brian Evenson is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B. K. Evenson.

Brian Evenson is read about 82 times a day, in 7 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Awards

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection2020
Guggenheim Fellowship2017

About this person

His fiction is often described as literary minimalism, but who also draws inspiration from horror, weird fiction, detective fiction, science fiction and continental philosophy. Evenson makes frequent use of dark humor and often features characters struggling with the limits and consequences of knowledge. He has also written non-fiction, and translated several books by French-language writers into English.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1966 · age 60

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