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Ottessa Moshfegh

1981 - Today

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Ottessa Charlotte Moshfegh (; born May 20, 1981) is an American author and novelist. Her debut novel, Eileen (2015), won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a fiction finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Moshfegh's subsequent novels include My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Death in Her Hands, and Lapvona. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Ottessa Moshfegh is the 7,338th most popular writer (down from 7,152nd in 2024), the 18,088th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,157th in 2019) and the 1,194th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 7,338 out of 7,302. Before her are Meg LeFauve, Rita Chowdhury, Carl Zimmer, Katharine Gun, Scott Lynch, and Michael Schur. After her are Maggie Stiefvater, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Andrew Sean Greer, Kass Morgan, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Kelly Link.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 1,028. Before her are Marco Tulio, Yao Beina, Élson, Karolina Wydra, Simone Del Nero, and Teun Mulder. After her are Danilo Gomes, Diego Colotto, Guillermo Martínez, Zurab Khizanishvili, Nick Valensi, and Emanuele Sella.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 18,096 out of 20,380. Before her are Lonzo Ball (1997), Gordon Hayward (1990), Garrett Hines (1969), Stephen Full (1969), Winter Williams (1984), and András Kállay-Saunders (1985). After her are Taran Killam (1982), Debi Derryberry (1967), Nikolai Fraiture (1978), Stanley G. Love (1965), Louis Lombardi (1968), and Phil Housley (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ottessa Moshfegh ranks 1,194. Before her are Jon Spaihts (1970), Elizabeth Kolbert (1961), Meg LeFauve (1969), Carl Zimmer (1966), Scott Lynch (1978), and Michael Schur (1975). After her are Maggie Stiefvater (1981), Andrew Sean Greer (1970), Kass Morgan (1984), Kelly Link (1969), Craig Thomas (1971), and Akiane (1994).

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