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| Born | Edmund Valentine White III January 13, 1940 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | University of Michigan Cranbrook School |
| Period | 1970s–present |
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| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography 1993 Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1993 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction 2018 |
| Spouse | Michael Carroll |
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Edmund Valentine White III (born January 13, 1940) is a gay American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and essayist. He is the recipient of Lambda Literary's Visionary Award, the National Book Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award,[1] and the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction.[2] France made him Chevalier (and later Officier) de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1993.
White is known as a groundbreaking writer of gay literature and a major influence on gay American literature and has been called "the first major queer novelist to champion a new generation of writers."[3]
- ^ Andrews, Meredith (September 12, 2019). "NBF to Present Pioneering Writer Edmund White with lifetime achievement award". National Book Foundation.
- ^ PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction
- ^ Weinstock, Matt (June 26, 2018). "Edmund White's Unerring Influence on Queer Writing". The New York Times.