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John Edgar Wideman

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American fiction writer, memoirist, essayist

United States WritersBorn 1941 · age 85

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John Edgar Wideman is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the African-American experience.

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Wideman in Look magazine, 1963

Homewood, Pittsburgh, 1960s

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2011Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

2000O. Henry Award

1997Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction

1993MacArthur Fellows Program

1991American Book Awards

1986Dos Passos Prize

1984PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

1963Rhodes Scholarship

Honorary doctor at the University of Bern

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ChildJamila Wideman

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Jean CarbonnierAlso won Honorary doctor at the University of Bern

Karl MarlantesAlso won Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction

Walter AbishAlso won PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Irvin S. CobbAlso won O. Henry Award

Ernest J. GainesAlso won Dos Passos Prize Wilson HarrisAlso won Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

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