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Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has…
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TTTA extracted 35 structured relationships around Richard Powers. Examples in this analysis include Richard Powers → Born → (1957-06-18) June 18, 1957 (age 69) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. and Richard Powers → Education → University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA, MA). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Powers | Born | (1957-06-18) June 18, 1957 (age 69) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Richard Powers | Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA, MA) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Richard Powers | Genre | Literary novels | 1.00 | infobox |
| Richard Powers | Occupations | Writer, professor of English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Richard Powers | Parent(s) | Richard Franklin Powers and Donna (Belik) Powers | 1.00 | infobox |
| Richard Powers | Period | 1985–present (as writer) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Richard Powers | Website | www.richardpowers.net | 1.00 | infobox |
| the Iliad | instance of | enjoying nonfiction primarily and classics | 0.80 | text |
| the Odyssey.The family returned to the U.S. when Powers was 16 | instance of | enjoying nonfiction primarily and classics | 0.80 | text |
| Richard Powers | related to External links | Official | 0.60 | section |
| Richard Powers | related to External links | Powers | 0.60 | section |
| Richard Powers | related to External links | Professor Emeritus | 0.60 | section |
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Source: Wikipedia — Richard Powers · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout