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Jonathan Lethem

1964 - Today

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Jonathan Allen Lethem ( LEETH-əm born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. In 1999, Lethem published Motherless Brooklyn, a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel that achieved mainstream success. In 2003, he published The Fortress of Solitude, which became a New York Times Best Seller. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Jonathan Lethem is the 6,703rd most popular writer (up from 6,804th in 2024), the 13,707th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,085th in 2019) and the 970th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jonathan Lethem ranks 6,703 out of 7,302. Before him are George Clayton Johnson, Leena Lehtolainen, Tom Egeland, Amelia Opie, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Ingo Schulze. After him are Mitch Albom, Daniel Handler, Tom Lanoye, Claudio Rodriguez Fer, Jeff Noon, and Chris Hedges.

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Among people born in 1964, Jonathan Lethem ranks 681. Before him are Leena Lehtolainen, Stephen Norrington, Bill Browder, Jesper Skibby, Nicolae Juravschi, and Moïse Katumbi. After him are Ilya Segalovich, Eric Boe, Igors Miglinieks, Yury Dokhoian, Lee Evans, and Emmanuel Faber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Lethem ranks 13,711 out of 20,380. Before him are John Fitch (1917), Geoffrey Marcy (1954), Joe Carnahan (1969), Eric Close (1967), Ray LaHood (1945), and Marguerite Chapman (1918). After him are Jake Johnson (1978), Gary Valentine (1961), Tom Watson (1949), Davis Guggenheim (1963), Kelli Giddish (1980), and Mitch Albom (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jonathan Lethem ranks 970. Before him are Sue Monk Kidd (1948), Arthur Kopit (1937), John Stossel (1947), Lisa Brennan-Jobs (1978), George Clayton Johnson (1929), and Maxine Hong Kingston (1940). After him are Mitch Albom (1958), Daniel Handler (1970), Chris Hedges (1956), Kerry Kennedy (1959), Catherine Asaro (1955), and Hazel Brugger (1993).

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