David Shields
American author and film director · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1956 · age 70
David Shields is an American author of twenty-five books, including Reality Hunger (2010), The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (2008), and Black Planet (1999).
David Shields is read about 27 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 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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About this person
He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, twice an NEA Fellow, a PEN Revson Award winner, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award and the PEN West Award, and a senior contributing editor of Conjunctions.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70
