
American novelist (born 1974)
1974 — present
Quick Facts
Profession
American novelist (born 1974)
Born
August 18, 1974
Age
~52 years
Name Origin
English
Timeline
writer, novelist
1974
Born in Manhattan (1974-08-18)
2005
AwardEdward Lewis Wallant Award
2007
AwardBerlin Prize
2008
AwardWilliam Saroyan International Prize for Writing
2011
AwardAnisfield-Wolf Book Awards
2021
AwardSami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
About
Nicole Krauss is an American author best known for her four novels Man Walks into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017), which have been translated into 35 languages. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and Granta's Best American Novelists Under 40, and has been collected in The Best American Short Stories 2003, The Best American Short Stories 2008 and The Best American Short Stories 2019. In 2011, Nicole Krauss won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Great House. A collection of her short stories, To Be a Man, was published in 2020 and won the Wingate Literary Prize in 2022.
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Nicole Krauss is an American author best known for her four novels Man Walks into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005), Great House (2010) and Forest Dark (2017), which have been translated into 35 languages. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire, and Granta's Best
The name Nicole means "A female given name from Ancient Greek.. Etymology: Nicole, the feminine form of Nicholas.". It is of English origin.
Nicole Krauss was born on August 18, 1974.
Name Meaning
A female given name from Ancient Greek.. Etymology: Nicole, the feminine form of Nicholas.
The name Nicole is of English origin, meaning "A female given name from Ancient Greek.. Etymology: Nicole, the feminine form of Nicholas.". It is traditionally a female name.
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Nicole — August 18, 1974
Zodiac & Calendar Signs
Western Zodiac
Leo
Confident, generous, warm-hearted
Fire · Sun · Jul 23 – Aug 22
Chinese Zodiac
Tiger
Brave, competitive, confident
Wood · Yang
Mayan Tzolkin
13 Men
Eagle — vision, freedom, higher mind
Celtic Tree
Hazel
Wise, perceptive, academic
Ogham: Coll · Aug 5 – Sep 1
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— a librarian
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Present
Age ~52