Ben Fountain
Ben Fountain (born 1958) is an American writer and novelist.
Ben Fountain
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
- Born
- 1958 · Chapel Hill
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- writer · novelist
- Fields
- creative and professional writing
- Education
- Duke University · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Duke University School of Law
- Known for
- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
- Honours
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction · Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
- Languages
- American English · English
In this article
Biography
Ben Fountain studied at Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University School of Law. The recorded working language is American English and English.
The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing.
Works named in the authority record are Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.
Distinctions recorded are National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.
Author Ben Fountain at the 2018 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States.
Larry D. Moore
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- a conversation with Ben Fountain, Ecotone, 2010
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2010
- Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love, Ben Jonson, Vol. 4: Cynthia's Revels; Poetaster; Sejanus; Eastward Ho, 1601
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1601
- Le miroir haïtien de Ben Fountain, IdeAs, 2020
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2020
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4885665: Ben Fountain
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Ben Fountain”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Citations
References
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scholarly publication
a conversation with Ben Fountain, Ecotone, 2010Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love, Ben Jonson, Vol. 4: Cynthia's Revels; Poetaster; Sejanus; Eastward Ho, 1601Crossref registry
Verifiedscholarly publication
Le miroir haïtien de Ben Fountain, IdeAs, 2020Crossref registry
VerifiedInstitutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q4885665: Ben FountainWikimedia Foundation
Verifiedreference work
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Studied at
1- Duke UniversityOrganisation
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