When and where was Jonathan Franzen born?
Jonathan Earl Franzen was born on the 17th of August 1959 in Western Springs, Illinois. He grew up in an affluent neighborhood in the St. Louis suburb of Webster Groves, Missouri.
Questions about Jonathan Franzen
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What awards did Jonathan Franzen win for The Corrections?
The novel The Corrections won both the 2001 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2002 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. It also served as a finalist for the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Why did Jonathan Franzen withdraw from Oprah Winfrey's book club initially?
In October 2001, The Oregonian printed an article where Jonathan Franzen expressed unease with the selection because he worried that the Oprah logo on the cover dissuaded men from reading the book. Soon afterward, his invitation to appear on Oprah's show was rescinded.
How many copies did Jonathan Franzen sell for Purity compared to Freedom?
Purity sold only 255,476 copies while Freedom sold 1.15 million copies and The Corrections sold 1.6 million copies. This made Purity a relative commercial disappointment compared to his two previous novels.
When was Crossroads published by Jonathan Franzen?
Jonathan Franzen's publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux announced Crossroads on the 13th of November 2020. The novel was published on the 5th of October 2021 as the first volume in a trilogy titled A Key to All Mythologies.