Michael Chabon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Chabon
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	May 24, 1963(1963-05-24)
Age	61
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Taurus

Michael Chabon Biography

Michael Chabon is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on May 24, 1963 in Washington, D.C., United States. He was a celebrated American author who wrote novels like The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and Wonder Boys. His debut novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), was a hit and launched his successful literary career.

Sienna Miller starred in the film adaptation of his popular novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. was the star of the film adaptation of his novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

Michael Chabon (/ˈ ʃ eɪ b ɒ n / SHAY -bon; born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist and short story writer.

Michael Chabon (pronounced, in his words, “Shea as in Shea Stadium, Bon as in Bon Jovi”, i.e., /ˈ ʃ eɪ b ɒ n / ) was born in Washington, DC to a Jewish family. His parents are Robert Chabon, a physician and lawyer, and Sharon Chabon, a lawyer. Chabon said he knew he wanted to be a writer when, at the age of ten, he wrote his first short story for a class assignment. When the story received an A, Chabon recalls, “I thought to myself, ‘That’s it. That’s what I want to do. I can do this.’ And I never had any second thoughts or doubts.” Referring to popular culture, he wrote of being raised “on a hearty diet of crap”. His parents divorced when Chabon was 11, and he grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Columbia, Maryland. Columbia, where Chabon lived nine months of the year with his mother, was “a progressive planned living community in which racial, economic, and religious diversity were actively fostered.” He has written of his mother’s marijuana use, recalling her “sometime around 1977 or so, sitting in the front seat of her friend Kathy’s car, passing a little metal pipe back and forth before we went in to see a movie.”. He grew up hearing Yiddish spoken by his mother’s parents and siblings.

Lollie Groth was his first marriage. After his 1991 divorce, he married Ayelet Wildman and they had four children together.

Michael Chabon Net Worth

Michael Chabon is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Chabon 's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned his BA at the University of Pittsburgh. He later attended the University of California, Irvine, where he received his MFA in creative Writing.

For his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1991.

For some of his own genre work, Chabon has forged an unusual horror/fantasy fiction persona under the name of August Van Zorn. More elaborately developed than a pseudonym, August Van Zorn is purported to be a pen name for one Albert Vetch (1899–1963). In Chabon’s 1995 novel Wonder Boys, narrator Grady Tripp writes that he grew up in the same hotel as Vetch, who worked as an English professor at the (nonexistent) Coxley College and wrote hundreds of pulp stories that were “in the gothic mode, after the manner of Lovecraft … but written in a dry, ironic, at times almost whimsical idiom.” A horror-themed short story titled “In the Black Mill” was published in Playboy in June 1997 and reprinted in Chabon’s 1999 story collection Werewolves in Their Youth, and was attributed to Van Zorn.

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Who is Michael Chabon Dating?

According to our records, Michael Chabon married to Ayelet Waldman , Lollie Groth. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Chabon’s is not dating anyone.

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Chabon’s first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), was published when he was 25. He followed it with Wonder Boys (1995), and two short-story collections. In 2000, Chabon published The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a novel that John Leonard, in a 2007 review of a later novel, called Chabon’s magnum opus. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Chabon celebrates birthday on May 24 of every year.

Chabon’s work is characterized by complex language, the frequent use of metaphor along with recurring themes, including nostalgia, divorce, abandonment, fatherhood, and most notably issues of Jewish identity. He often includes gay, bisexual, and Jewish characters in his work. Since the late 1990s, Chabon has written in an increasingly diverse series of styles for varied outlets; he is a notable defender of the merits of genre fiction and plot-driven fiction, and, along with novels, he has published screenplays, children’s books, comics, and newspaper serials.

What is Michael Chabon known for?

Michael Chabon, (born May 24, 1963, Washington, D.C., U.S.), American novelist and essayist known for his elegant deployment of figurative language and adventurous experiments with genre conceits. His narratives were frequently suffused with references to world mythology and to his own Jewish heritage.

Is Michael Chabon a good writer?

The Pulitzer winner has 12 more books that’ll feed your literary appetite. As a Pulitzer Prize winner, a critical darling, and a bestselling author, Michael Chabon (pronounced, in the author’s own words, “Shea as in Stadium, Bon as in Jovi,”) is a formidable force. And his books never fail to delight.

Is Michael Chabon working on a new book?

Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon has teased the possibility of a sequel to his 2000 novel, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

How old is Michael Chabon?

59 years (May 24, 1963)

How do you pronounce Chabon?

1. Phonetic spelling of Chabon. SHĀ-bon. Ch-a-bon. chabon.
2. Meanings for Chabon.
3. Translations of Chabon. Korean : 메르 Arabic : شابون