Jonathan Safran Foer

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essayist human novelist screenwriter writer

Jonathan Safran Foer is a contemporary American novelist known for his inventive narrative style and emotionally resonant works such as "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," which often explore themes of Jewish identity, memory, and trauma.

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Jonathan Safran Foer canonical 6
Jonathan Safran Foer (character) 1

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived The Guardian First Book Award ⓘ
surface form: Guardian First Book Award

National Jewish Book Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1977-02-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
employer New York University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Foer ⓘ
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
literature ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
givenName Jonathan ⓘ
hasSibling Franklin Foer ⓘ
Joshua Foer ⓘ
influencedBy Bruno Schulz ⓘ
Franz Kafka ⓘ
Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement contemporary literature ⓘ
name Jonathan Safran Foer self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableIdea ethical vegetarianism ⓘ
notableWork Eating Animals ⓘ
Everything Is Illuminated ⓘ
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ⓘ
Here I Am ⓘ
We Are the Weather ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld creative writing professor ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York City
spouse Nicole Krauss ⓘ
workFocus Holocaust memory ⓘ
Jewish identity ⓘ
animal ethics ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
memory ⓘ
trauma ⓘ

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Jewish American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ
Everything Is Illuminated → authorOfSourceMaterial → Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ
Everything Is Illuminated → mainCharacter → Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jonathan Safran Foer (character)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close → authorOfSourceMaterial → Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ
Nicole Krauss → spouse → Jonathan Safran Foer ⓘ
Jonathan Safran Foer → name → Jonathan Safran Foer self-link ⓘ