David Guterson

1956 -

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Country of citizenship: United States

Native language: English

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: University of Washington, Roosevelt High School, Seattle Public Schools

Occupation: writer, novelist, journalist, screenwriter

Award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation

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David Guterson ( GUT-ər-sən; born May 4, 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist. He is best known as the author of the bestselling Japanese American internment novel Snow Falling on Cedars. Source: Wikipedia (en)