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Richard Powers
Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2018, Powers has published twelve novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory.
BornJune 18, 1957, Evanston, Illinois, US
OccupationWriter, Professor of English
NationalityAmerican
Period1985–present (as writer)
GenreLiterary novels

About Richard Powers

Novelist Richard Powers was born on June 18, 1957 in Illinois, United States (He's 66 years old now).

He is most known for his work The Echo Maker, which won the National Book Award for fiction and is about modern technology and science. His other writings include Plowing the Dark and The Time of Our Singing.

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Richard Powers before becoming famous

Richard Powers was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1957 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He studied physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, but graduated with a degree in English.

Achievement of Richard Powers

After seeing August Sander's photograph"Young Farmers" in 1914, Powers was motivated to abandon his job and become a writer. His debut work, Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance, was published in 1985.

Richard Powers's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was the son of an Illinois school principal. His father was a teacher at the International School in Bangkok, where he spent a portion of his childhood.

Richard Powers Collabed with

He and Novelist Karen Tei Yamashita were both finalists for the National Book Award.

Richard Powers Income & Net worth

Richard Powers's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a novelist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Richard Powers.

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Latest information about Richard Powers updated on March 17 2023.