Jonathan Lethem

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American writer essayist human novelist short story writer

Jonathan Lethem is an American novelist known for blending literary fiction with genre elements such as science fiction, detective stories, and pop culture, in works like "Motherless Brooklyn" and "The Fortress of Solitude."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American writer → essayist → human → novelist → short story writer →
awardReceived	MacArthur Fellowship → National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1964-02-19 →
educatedAt	Bennington College →
employer	Pomona College →
familyName	Lethem →
genre	detective fiction → literary fiction → postmodern literature → science fiction →
givenName	Jonathan →
hasChild	child (son) →
influencedBy	J. G. Ballard → Philip K. Dick → Raymond Chandler → Thomas Pynchon →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	postmodernism →
name	Jonathan Lethem →
notableIdea	blending genre fiction with literary fiction →
notableWork	A Gambler’s Anatomy → Amnesia Moon → Chronic City → Girl in Landscape → Gun, with Occasional Music → Men and Cartoons → Motherless Brooklyn → The Disappointment Artist → The Ecstasy of Influence → The Feral Detective → The Fortress of Solitude →
occupation	essayist → novelist → short story writer →
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn → New York City →
positionHeld	Roy E. Disney Professor in Creative Writing →
residence	Brooklyn NERFINISHED →
spouse	Amy Barrett →
writesAbout	Brooklyn NERFINISHED → identity → memory → pop culture → urban life →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Pynchon →	influenced
Jonathan Lethem →	name