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Benjamin Kunkel [ USA ]

Biography

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Bibliography

Indecision
Random House
New York, 2005

The gangster we are all looking for
Alfred A. Knopf
New York, 2003

Übersetzer: Stefanie Röder

Benjamin Kunkel was born in Eagle, Colorado. He studied literature at Harvard and Columbia University. His literary début, »Indecision« (2006), a comical coming-of-age novel about the 28-year-old Dwight Wilmerding, quickly became a cult book in the USA. Kunkel publishes regularly, including in »The New York Times« and »The New Yorker«.

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