Percival Everett
Percival Everett (* 1956 in Fort Gordon , Georgia ) is an American writer and professor of English at the University of Southern California .
life and work
Everett studied at Brown University and wrote his first novel while studying with Suder , which was published in 1983. In addition to various novels, he also published a children's book, The One That Got Away, in 1992.
He is married to the author Danzy Senna and lives with her and their two sons in Los Angeles .
Everett received the Academy Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Gregor von Rezzori Award, among others . In 2016 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Works (selection)
- Erased ( Erasure ), Seeling Frankfurt am Main, 2008, ISBN 978-3-938973-08-0
- God's Country , Edition Büchergilde Frankfurt am Main / Vienna / Zurich, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86406-035-9
- I am Not Sidney Poitier ( I am Not Sidney Poitier ), Luxbooks Wiesbaden, 2014, ISBN 978-3-939557-09-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Percival Everett in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Percival Everett at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Percival Everett on histo-couch.de , accessed on June 8, 2016
- ^ Percival Everett at luxbooks.de , accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ 2010 Vincitori - Festival degli Scrittori - Premio Gregor von Rezzori on premiovonrezzori.org (Italian), accessed on July 4, 2016
- ↑ American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Newly Elected Fellows at amacad.org (English), accessed December 13, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Everett, Percival |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Everett, Percival L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Gordon , Georgia |