Background
Paul Beatty was born on June 9, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Paul Beatty was born on June 9, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Paul is a 1980 graduate of El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California. Beatty received an M.F.A. degree in creative writing from Brooklyn College and an M.A. degree in psychology from Boston University.
Paul wrote his first novel "The White Boy Shuffle" which received a positive review in The New York Times from reviewer Richard Bernstein who called the book "a blast of satirical heat from the talented heart of black American life." After that he wrote his second book "Tuff" which received a positive notice in Time Magazine. In 2006, Beatty edited an anthology of African-American humor called Hokum and wrote an article in The New York Times on the same subject. In 2008 he wrote his novel "Slumberland". In 2015 he wrote one more novel "The Sellout".
In 1990, Beatty was crowned the first ever Grand Poetry Slam Champion of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. In 1993, he was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. His novel "The Sellout" won the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Man Booker Prize. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker.
Quotes from others about the person
Elisabeth Donnelly: "A masterful work (novel "The Sellout") that establishes Beatty as the funniest writer in America".
Bernstein: "Beatty is a fertile and original writer, one to watch".
Paul is married to Althea Washau.
