Phil Klay
American writer (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phil Klay (/ˈklaɪ/; born 1983) is an American writer. He won the National Book Award for fiction in 2014 for his first book-length publication, a collection of short stories, Redeployment. In 2014 the National Book Foundation named him a 5 under 35 honoree. His 2020 novel, Missionaries, was named as one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of the year as well as one of The Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year.
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Westchester, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer |
Education | Dartmouth College Hunter College (MFA) |
Subject | Combat, military affairs |
Notable works | Redeployment |
Notable awards | National Book Award for fiction |
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Klay was a United States Marine Corps officer from 2005 to 2009. In addition to other projects, he currently teaches in the MFA writing program at Fairfield University.[1]