Phil Klay
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1983 · age 43
Phil Klay is an American writer. He won the National Book Award for fiction in 2014 for his first book-length publication, a collection of short stories, Redeployment. In 2014 the National Book Foundation named him a 5 under 35 honoree.
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His 2020 novel, Missionaries, was named as one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of the year as well as one of The Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year.
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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Born 1983 · age 43
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The same award as Phil
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Ellen GilchristBoth received National Book Award for Fiction