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Biography

Name: Michael Chabon
Birth Date: 1963
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer, Screenwriter

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Biography of Michael Chabon
7,464 words, approx. 25 pages
Few contemporary American fiction writers begin their literary careers with such public notoriety as Michael Chabon gained with his best-selling first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), which made him wildly successful at the age of...
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Biography of Michael Chabon
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With just three novels and two short story collections to his name, Michael Chabon has become one of the preeminent literary authors of his generation. Winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Chabon...


Quotations
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Michael Chabon Quotes
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Michael Chabon (born May 24 , 1963 ) is a Pulitzer Prize winning American author, essayist, short-story writer, and screenwriter. He is married to Ayelet Waldman . See also: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Wonder Boys (1995) 1.2 The...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Michael Chabon Information
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Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation," according to the The Virginia Quarterly Review.[2] His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), was published when Chabon was 25...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
IN CONVERSATION . . .; With Michael Chabon
11/04/2007: 636 words, approx. 2 pages
Almost every book Michael Chabon writes is playful and plot- driven, and he has often found inspiration in popular culture. This time he's gone way beyond dabbling in alternate history and comic books: "Gentlemen of the Road" is pure pulp adventure. Is it a...
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The Washington Post
MICHAEL CHABON: Touched by Fortune
07/16/2000: 452 words, approx. 2 pages
The Chinese have a saying, "Court glory, win disaster," the point being that it's best to keep one's head down, plod along, not strike the gods as being too lucky, too beautiful, too soon. Mediocrity has a way of keeping demons from the door....
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The New York Observer
At Celebration, Chabon Confounded By Chauvinism Charges\'d1And Hey, Where Was Wacky Wife Ayelet?
5/1/2007: 263 words, approx. 1 pages
“It’d be like calling Groucho Marx anti-mustache,” the best-selling author Michael Chabon said of recent criticism in the New York Post that he and his new detective novel, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, are anti-Semitic. Mr. Chabon, who also wrote Wonder Boys and The Amazing Adventures...
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AP News
Hitchens among book award finalists
10/10/2007: 567 words, approx. 2 pages
Should Christopher Hitchens win a National Book Award, you can be sure he won't thank any higher powers.The author, columnist and commentator was nominated for "God Is Not Great," a polemic with a self-evident theme. Hitchens' book received mixed reviews, but became a best seller...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Douglas Fowler
3,887 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following essay, Fowler examines Chabon's prose style in the collection A Model World and Other Stories as well as his portrayal of adolescent love, loss, and disillusionment.
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Critical Essay by Douglas Fowler
3,873 words, approx. 13 pages
In the following essay, Fowler discusses the themes of memory, nostalgia, and family in Chabon's short stories.
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Critical Review by Elizabeth Tallent
1,116 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Tallent offers a positive assessment of A Model World.
 


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