Jonathan Safran Foer, born in Washington, D.C. in 1977, is a novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He debuted in 2002 with Everything Is Illuminated, followed by Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005) and Here I Am (2016). His novels often feature experimental structures and themes of memory, loss, and Jewish identity. His essays Eating Animals (2009) and We Are the Weather (2019) focus on ethical consumption and environmental issues. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages.
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