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Canonical name
"Lastname, Firstname" as in Tolkien, J.R.R or Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Birthdate
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
History
Gender
"female," "male," "n/a" or enter as free text
Nationality
USA, France (birth), or Turkey (passport). Choose a country or place, not a demonym.
History
Country (for map)
A currently existing, generally recognized country we can map against. This field is only necessary if the last entry in "Nationality" is not one. Country should be countries that can fairly and non-trivially "claim" the author as a citizen or resident.
History
Birthplace
Examples: Portland, Maine, USA; Halicarnassus; Bodrum, Turkey.
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Places of residence
"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "Paris, France", "Algeria"
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Education
"Mississippi State University (BS|Library Science)","Oxford University (Christ Church)", "University of California, Berkeley"
History
Occupations
plumber or waiter or engineer
History
Awards and honors
"Pulitzer Prize (History, 1991)", "Hugo (1991)" Awards given for a specific work should only be entered on the work page, not the author page.
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Agent
"Barthold Fles", "John Hodgman (Writers House)", "Toni Strassman"
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Short biography
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of seven novels, including his 1999 debut work, The Intuitionist, and The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020 for The Nickel Boys. He has also published two books of non-fiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Grant").
Short biography of the author.
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Current Common Knowledge

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Canonical name
"Lastname, Firstname" as in Tolkien, J.R.R or Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Legal name
The most exact legal form in "Lastname, Firstname" order, as in "Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel"
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Other names
Pen names, pseudonyms, aliases, noms de plume. "Lastname, Firstname" as in Orwell, George.
History
Birthdate
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
History
Date of death
"YYYY-MM-DD", "YYYY" "YYYY-MM-DD BCE", "5th-6th c. BCE",
History
Burial location
All Saints Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Gender
"female," "male," "n/a" or enter as free text
Nationality
USA, France (birth), or Turkey (passport). Choose a country or place, not a demonym.
History
Country (for map)
A currently existing, generally recognized country we can map against. This field is only necessary if the last entry in "Nationality" is not one. Country should be countries that can fairly and non-trivially "claim" the author as a citizen or resident.
History
Birthplace
Examples: Portland, Maine, USA; Halicarnassus; Bodrum, Turkey.
History
Place of death
Examples: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Thurii; Thurio, Italy.
History
Cause of death
Examples: COVID-19, stroke, execution
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Places of residence
"Boston, Massachusetts, USA", "Paris, France", "Algeria"
History
Education
"Mississippi State University (BS|Library Science)","Oxford University (Christ Church)", "University of California, Berkeley"
History
Occupations
plumber or waiter or engineer
History
Relationships
Huxley, Julian (brother), Orwell, George (student), Huxley, Leonard (father)
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Organizations
"Authors Guild", "U.S. Senate", "Freemasons"
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Awards and honors
"Pulitzer Prize (History, 1991)", "Hugo (1991)" Awards given for a specific work should only be entered on the work page, not the author page.
History
Agent
"Barthold Fles", "John Hodgman (Writers House)", "Toni Strassman"
History
Short biography
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of seven novels, including his 1999 debut work, The Intuitionist, and The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction again in 2020 for The Nickel Boys. He has also published two books of non-fiction. In 2002, he received a MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Grant").
Short biography of the author.
History
Disambiguation notice
Clarifications to be used by future combiners and separators, or just as information.