Chuck Palahniuk

American novelist, essayist

In the history of letters, Chuck Palahniuk is one of the names that keeps being returned to.

The record lists Chuck Palahniuk as American novelist, essayist.

Chuck Palahniuk was born at Pasco in 1962. His recorded nationality is United States. He was educated at University of Oregon.

Contemporary publishing is global and fast, with translation, festivals and prizes doing much of the work that critics once did.

He worked as writer, novelist and journalist.

The writing is recorded in English.

His work is classed as fiction, fiction literature and horror literature.

Among his best-known works are Fight Club, Choke and Rant. A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.

That the work was written from United States matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.

Chuck Palahniuk is still writing, and the shape of the body of work is not yet settled.

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