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Dinaw Mengestu
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June 30, 1978
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| gender |
male |
| place of birth |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| genre |
Literature & Fiction
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| influences |
[a:Marilynne Robinson|7491|Marilynne Robinson|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1256021025p2/7491.jpg], [a:V.S. Naipaul|3989|V.S. Naipaul|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1193773119p2/3989.jpg], [a:Toni Morrison|3534|Toni Morrison|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1261863707p2/3534.jpg], [a:Philip Roth|463|Philip Roth|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1266157273p2/463.jpg] |
about this author
Left Ethiopia at age two and was raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Graduated from Georgetown University and received his MFA from Columbia University. In 2010 he was chosen as one of the 20 best writers under 40 by The New Yorker.
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