Sigrid Nunez
Sigrid Nunez | |
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Nunez at the 2019 National Book Festival | |
| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Barnard College (BA) Columbia University (MFA) |
| Notable awards | Whiting 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.