Sigrid Nunez

Sigrid Nunez
Nunez at the 2019 National Book Festival
Born1951 (age 7374)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
EducationBarnard College (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Notable awardsWhiting Award; Rome Prize; Berlin Prize; National Book Award; Guggenheim Fellowship; Windham-Campbell Literature Prize

Sigrid Nunez (born 1951) is an American writer who is best known for her novels. Her seventh novel, The Friend, won the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction. In 2025, Nunez was named as the recipient of a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in the fiction category.