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Here are some award-winning authors of Anglo-American literature


from the 21st century:

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Toni Morrison (United States) - Morrison, a Nobel laureate in Literature, has
received numerous awards for her novels exploring African American
experience, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "Beloved" and the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Ian McEwan (United Kingdom) - McEwan has won several awards for his
novels, including the Man Booker Prize for "Amsterdam" and the National
Book Critics Circle Award for "Atonement."
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Zadie Smith (United Kingdom) - Smith's debut novel "White Teeth" won
multiple awards, including the Whitbread First Novel Award and the James
Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She has since received further accolades
for her subsequent works.
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Jhumpa Lahiri (United States) - Lahiri won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her
debut short story collection "Interpreter of Maladies." Her novel "The
Namesake" also received critical acclaim and several awards.
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Colson Whitehead (United States) - Whitehead has received numerous
awards for his novels, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for both "The
Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys." He has also won the National
Book Award and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
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Margaret Atwood (Canada) - Atwood has been recognized with numerous
awards, including the Booker Prize for "The Blind Assassin" and the Arthur C.
Clarke Award for "The Handmaid's Tale." She has also been shortlisted for the
Booker Prize multiple times.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria/United States) - Adichie's novel "Half of
a Yellow Sun" won the Orange Prize for Fiction (now the Women's Prize for
Fiction) and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She has also received the
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
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Jhumpa Lahiri (born July 11, 1967, London, England) English-born American novelist and
short-story writer whose works illuminate the immigrant experience, in particular that of East
Indians.
Zadie Smith (born October 27, 1975, London, England) British author known for her
treatment of race, religion, and cultural identity and for her novels’ eccentric characters,
savvy humour, and snappy dialogue. She became a sensation in the literary world with the
publication of her first novel, White Teeth, in 2000.
Ian McEwan (born June 21, 1948, Aldershot, England) British novelist, short-story writer,
and screenwriter whose restrained, refined prose style accentuates the horror of his dark
humour and perverse subject matter.
Colson Whitehead (born November 6, 1969, New York City, New York, U.S.) is an
American author known for innovative novels that explore social themes, including racism,
while often incorporating fantastical elements. He was the first writer to win a Pulitzer
Prize for consecutive books: the historical novels The Underground Railroad (2016) and The
Nickel Boys (2019).
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977, Enugu, Nigeria) Nigerian writer
whose second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), gained international acclaim for its
depiction of the devastation caused by the Nigerian Civil War. Her novels, short stories, and
nonfiction explore the intersections of identity.
Margaret Atwood (born November 18, 1939, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian writer
best known for her prose fiction and for her feminist perspective.

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