Blake Bailey

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biographer person writer

Blake Bailey is an American biographer best known for his extensively researched and critically acclaimed biographies of major literary figures such as John Cheever and Philip Roth.

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instanceOf biographer ⓘ
person ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (finalist) ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1963 ⓘ
describedAs American biographer of literary figures ⓘ
educatedAt Tulane University ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
hasWrittenAbout Charles Jackson ⓘ
John Cheever ⓘ
Philip Roth ⓘ
Richard Yates ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
notableFor biographies of major American literary figures ⓘ
extensively researched literary biographies ⓘ
notableWork A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates ⓘ
Cheever: A Life ⓘ
Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson ⓘ
Nan A. Talese ⓘ
surface form: Philip Roth: The Biography

The Splendid Things We Planned ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
surface form: Oklahoma City
subjectOf biography of Charles Jackson ⓘ
biography of John Cheever ⓘ
biography of Philip Roth ⓘ
biography of Richard Yates ⓘ
writingStyle literary biography ⓘ

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