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Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer · Arts & Literature

What

American novelist of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

When

1977, Washington, D.C., USA

Where

United States

Biography

Jonathan Safran Foer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American novelist of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

How & why

Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist whose acclaimed books 'Everything Is Illuminated' and 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' were both adapted into films, and whose nonfiction 'Eating Animals' and 'We Are the Weather' address ethics and climate. He is Jewish, born in Washington, D.C., and much of his fiction engages Jewish memory, the Holocaust and identity. He is regarded as a leading voice of his literary generation.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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American novelist of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

1977

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)