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Margo Jefferson

American writer and academic · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1947 · age 79

Margo Lillian Jefferson is an American writer and academic. Also a journalist, writing since 1993 for The New York Times, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1995. Other publications for which she has written include Vogue, New York Magazine, The Nation, and Guernica.

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2023Carnegie MedalAwardThe Writers' PrizeAward2022Windham-Campbell Literature PrizesAward2016National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and AutobiographyAward2008Guggenheim FellowshipAward1995Pulitzer Prize for CriticismAward1947Born17 October 1947

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The Writers' Prize2023
Carnegie Medal2023
Windham-Campbell Literature Prizes2022
National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography2016
Guggenheim Fellowship2008
Pulitzer Prize for Criticism1995

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
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Status
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Dates
Born 1947 · age 79

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