Thomas Pynchon

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American writer human novelist postmodernist writer

Thomas Pynchon is a reclusive American novelist known for his dense, complex, and postmodern works such as "Gravity’s Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49."

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
postmodernist writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
William Dean Howells Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-05-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
familyName Thomas Pynchon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pynchon
fieldOfWork fiction writing ⓘ
literature ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced David Foster Wallace ⓘ
Don DeLillo ⓘ
Jonathan Lethem ⓘ
William T. Vollmann ⓘ
influencedBy James Joyce ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement maximalism ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ
name Thomas Pynchon self-link ⓘ
notableCharacteristic complex narrative style ⓘ
dense prose ⓘ
large ensemble casts ⓘ
reclusive ⓘ
use of black humor ⓘ
use of intertextuality ⓘ
use of paranoia as a theme ⓘ
notableWork Against the Day ⓘ
Bleeding Edge ⓘ
Gravity’s Rainbow ⓘ
Inherent Vice ⓘ
Mason & Dixon ⓘ
Slow Learner ⓘ
The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ
V. ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Glen Cove, New York ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation United States of America ⓘ

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