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Edward P. Jones is an African American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Born in 1951, he was raised in Washington, D.C. and educated at both the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Virginia. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. ...
1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
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He won both the Pen/Hemingway Award and the Lannan Foundation Grant for his first book, Lost in the City, a collection of short stories on the African American working class of the 20th century Washington, D.C. It was also shortlisted for the National Book Award. The Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award is awarded annually to a novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a book of fiction. ...
The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...
The National Book Award is one of the most important literary prizes in the United States, presented annually for the best books by living U.S. citizens published in the U.S. The awards have been presented since 1950 in at least one category, and are presently awarded in each...
His second book, The Known World, is a richly imagined novel set before the Civil War in Virginia. It examines issues regarding the ownership of black slaves by free black people as well as by whites. A book with many points of view, The Known World paints an enormous canvas thick with personalities and situations that show how slavery destroys but can also be transcended. It was also a National Book Award finalist and subsequently won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 2005 Mr. Jones was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. The Known World is Edward P. Jones first novel and second book, published in 2003. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area Ranked 35th - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 7. ...
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2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind for a single work -published in English. ...
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. ...
Mr. Jones' third book All Aunt Hagar's Children was published in 2006. Like Lost in the City it is a collection of short stories that deal with the African American working class of 20th century Washington, D.C. Several of the stories had been previously published in The New Yorker magazine. The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...
Bibliography - Lost in the City (1992)
- The Known World (2003)
- All Aunt Hagar's Children (2006)
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
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