Sigrid Nunez

1951 -

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Country of citizenship: United States

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Barnard College, Columbia University, Columbia University School of the Arts

Occupation: writer, novelist

Award received: Rome Prize, National Book Award, Berlin Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship

Official website: sigridnunez.com

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Sigrid Nunez (born 1951) is an American author and writer who is best known for her novels. Her seventh novel, The Friend, won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction. In 2025, Nunez was named as the recipient of a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in the fiction category. Source: Wikipedia (en)