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Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker.
Jun 4, 2018 · Paul Beatty on Los Angeles Lit, The Sellout, and Life After the Man Booker ‹ Literary Hub. In Conversation with Oscar Villalon. By Oscar Villalon. June 4, 2018. In 2016, Paul Beatty became the first American author to win the Man Booker Prize.
The Sellout is a 2015 novel by Paul Beatty published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1] and in the UK by Oneworld Publications in 2016. The novel takes place in and around Los Angeles, California, and muses about the state of racial relations in the U.S. today.
Mar 3, 2015 · Paul Beatty. 3.75. 69,450 ratings7,478 reviews. A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game.
Paul Beatty (born 1962 in Los Angeles) is a contemporary African-American author. Beatty received an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College and an MA in psychology from Boston University. He is a 1980 graduate of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California.
Mar 2, 2015 · Even in elementary school, the novelist Paul Beatty knew how to make waves with words. At a cafe in the West Village recently, he recalled attending a summer camp in Santa Monica, Calif., where...
Oct 25, 2016 · For the first time, an American has won the Man Booker Prize, Britain's most coveted literary award. Paul Beatty will take home the award and the purse, 50,000 pounds (about $61,000), for his...
