John McPhee
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John McPhee is an American writer and pioneer of creative nonfiction, renowned for his deeply reported books and long-form essays often published in The New Yorker.
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essayist
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ nonfiction writer ⓘ pioneer of creative nonfiction ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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George Polk Award NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1931-03-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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Deerfield Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer |
Princeton University
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The New Yorker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | McPhee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental writing
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magazine journalism ⓘ nonfiction literature ⓘ science writing ⓘ |
| genre |
creative nonfiction
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literary journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John McPhee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deeply reported narrative nonfiction
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essays in The New Yorker ⓘ long-form reportage ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Sense of Where You Are
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Annals of the Former World NERFINISHED ⓘ Coming into the Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Draft No. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Giving Good Weight NERFINISHED ⓘ Levels of the Game NERFINISHED ⓘ Looking for a Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ Oranges NERFINISHED ⓘ The Control of Nature NERFINISHED ⓘ The Curve of Binding Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Founding Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pine Barrens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University ⓘ |
| residence | Princeton, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
detailed reporting
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structurally innovative narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
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