William T. Vollmann

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essayist human journalist novelist short story writer war correspondent

William T. Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, and essayist known for his ambitious, genre-blurring works that often explore violence, marginalization, and the moral complexities of history and contemporary society.

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
war correspondent ⓘ
awardReceived Lannan Literary Award ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
PEN West Award ⓘ
surface form: PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction

Whiting Writers' Award ⓘ
surface form: Whiting Award
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1959-07-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
Deep Springs College ⓘ
familyName Vollmann ⓘ
fieldOfWork historical writing ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme contemporary society ⓘ
history ⓘ
marginalization ⓘ
moral complexity ⓘ
violence ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
name William T. Vollmann self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Argall ⓘ
Carbon Ideologies ⓘ
Europe Central ⓘ
Fathers and Crows ⓘ
Imperial ⓘ
Kissing the Mask ⓘ
Last Stories and Other Stories ⓘ
Poor People ⓘ
Rising Up and Rising Down ⓘ
Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes ⓘ
The Atlas ⓘ
The Book of Dolores ⓘ
The Dying Grass ⓘ
The Ice-Shirt ⓘ
The Rainbow Stories ⓘ
The Rifles ⓘ
The Royal Family ⓘ
You Bright and Risen Angels ⓘ
placeOfBirth California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
writingStyle documentary ⓘ
encyclopedic ⓘ
genre-blurring ⓘ

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