Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Earl Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections, a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen's latest novel Crossroads was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy.

17 August 1959

Born on the same birth date (17 August 1959): David Koresh • Eric Schlosser • Jacek Kazimierski

Born on the same birth day (17 August): Alex Elisala • F. Ray Keyser Jr. • Hugh Baiocchi • Keith Dabengwa • Lalla Carlsen • Lida Moser • Mahboob Ali Khan • Rachel Pollack • Reggie Duff • Theodoros Pangalos (politician) • Wilfrid Scawen Blunt • William Gallas

Born in the same month (August 1959): Caroline Ansink • Daniela Romo • Danny Bonaduce • David Koresh • Eric Schlosser • Florent Vollant • Frank Brickowski • Ivan Neville • John C. McGinley • Johnny Kemp • Juan Croucier • Kurtis Blow • Mark Price (musician) • Mark Williams (actor) • Michael Kors • Ramón Díaz • Ray Elgaard • Steve Levy (politician) • Tom Prichard