(1941-06-14) June 14, 1941 (age 82) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
Author, Professor (emeritus)
Alma mater
University of Pennsylvania
University of Oxford
University of Iowa
Period
1967–present
Notable works
Brothers and Keepers (1984)
Notable awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (1984, 1991)
MacArthur Fellowship (1993)
Prix Femina Étranger (2017)
PEN/Malamud Award (2019)
Spouse
Judith Ann Goldman
(m. 1965; div. 2000)
;
Catherine Nedonchelle
(m. 2004)
Children
3
John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the African-American experience.
Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wideman excelled as a student athlete at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1963, he became the second African American to win a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. In addition to his work as a writer, Wideman has had a career in academia as a literature and creative writing professor at both public and Ivy League universities.
In his writing, Wideman has explored the complexities of race, family, trauma, storytelling, and justice in the United States. His personal experience, including the incarceration of his brother, has played a significant role in his work.
He is a professor emeritus at Brown University and lives in New York City and France.[1]
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