Claire Messud

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essayist human novel novelist professor

Claire Messud is an American novelist and essayist best known for her psychologically incisive, character-driven fiction such as "The Emperor’s Children" and "The Woman Upstairs."

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Claire Messud canonical 4

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novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
author Claire Messud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
awardReceived Strauss Living Award ⓘ
surface form: Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1966-10-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Cambridge University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newnham College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
Hunter College ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
Kenyon College ⓘ
familyName Messud ⓘ
fieldOfWork contemporary literature ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
givenName Claire ⓘ
influencedBy Albert Camus ⓘ
Henry James ⓘ
Virginia Woolf ⓘ
languagesSpokenWritten English ⓘ
movement contemporary American literature ⓘ
name Claire Messud self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Orange Prize for Fiction ⓘ
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction ⓘ
notableWork Kant’s Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write ⓘ
The Burning Girl ⓘ
The Emperor’s Children ⓘ
The Hunters ⓘ
The Last Life ⓘ
The Woman Upstairs ⓘ
When the World Was Steady ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Greenwich, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
publicationYear 2006 ⓘ
2013 ⓘ
2017 ⓘ
spouse James Wood ⓘ
spouseOccupation literary critic ⓘ
writingStyle character-driven fiction ⓘ
psychologically incisive ⓘ

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PEN New England Award → notableRecipient → Claire Messud ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Claire Messud ⓘ
Claire Messud → name → Claire Messud self-link ⓘ
Claire Messud → author → Claire Messud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Emperor’s Children