Marlon James
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Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist and Booker Prize winner known for his ambitious, genre-blending works that explore history, violence, and Black identity.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jamaican writer
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novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Booker Prize
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surface form:
2015 Booker Prize for Fiction
Booker Prize ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | A Brief History of Seven Killings ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Jamaica ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-11-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of the West Indies Mona campus
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surface form:
University of the West Indies
Wilfrid Laurier University ⓘ |
| employer | Macalester College ⓘ |
| familyName | James ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Black identity
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Caribbean literature ⓘ history of Jamaica ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Marlon ⓘ |
| hasSeries | Dark Star Trilogy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Caribbean history
ⓘ
Jamaican politics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| name | Marlon James self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Jamaican ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first Jamaican writer to win the Booker Prize ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Brief History of Seven Killings
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf ⓘ John Crow’s Devil ⓘ Moon Witch, Spider King ⓘ The Book of Night Women ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor ⓘ |
| residence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| theme |
Black identity
ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ history ⓘ power and politics ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
genre-blending
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multiple perspectives ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
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