Percival Everett
Percival Everett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He is known for his prolific output across various genres, including literary fiction, satire, western fiction, mysteries, and philosophical fiction. His works often explore themes of race, identity, and the absurdities of American life, characterized by his "pathological irony."
Awards
['Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2025)', 'National Book Award for Fiction (2024)', 'Kirkus Prize (2024)', 'PEN/Jean Stein Book Award (2023)', 'Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction (2023)', 'Anisfield-Wolf Book Award', 'PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award', 'Academy Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters', 'Dos Passos Prize (2010)', 'Believer Book Award (2010)', 'Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction', 'Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction (2015)', 'National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award', 'Time 100 list of Most Influential People of 2025']
Notable Works
['Erasure (2001)', 'I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009)', 'The Trees (2021)', 'James (2024)', 'Telephone (2020)']
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