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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters | 2019 | Winner | “Edmund White received the National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2019. A Boy's Own Story is his most celebrated novel.” |
About This Book
Edmund White's autobiographical novel—the first of a trilogy—about growing up gay in 1950s America. A coming-of-age narrative that is simultaneously a precise evocation of a specific social world and a profound meditation on desire, shame, and the creation of a self. One of the foundational texts of modern gay literature.
About the Author
Edmund WhiteAmerican
Edmund White is an American novelist, memoirist, and biographer, widely regarded as one of the founding figures of modern gay literature. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1940, he studied Chinese at the University of Michigan and has lived for extended periods in both New York and Paris. He is a professor of creative writing at Princeton University. Read more →
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