Awards & Winners

Jonathan Safran Foer

Date of Birth 21-February-1977
Place of Birth Washington, D.C.
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States, Area code 202)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Writer, Novelist, Teacher
Jonathan Safran Foer is an American writer. He is best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. In 2009, he published a work of nonfiction titled Eating Animals. While Foer's works have been released to widespread critical acclaim, he remains a somewhat polarizing figure among contemporary critics and academics, attracting in equal measure both passionate praise and criticism. Foer currently teaches creative writing at New York University.

Awards by Jonathan Safran Foer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jonathan Safran Foer.

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

2002


Guardian First Book Award
Honored for : Everything is Illuminated

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Guardian First Book Award Everything is Illuminated

2001


National Jewish Book Award for Fiction
Honored for : Everything is Illuminated