Age, Biography and Wiki
Laird Hunt was born on 3 April, 1968 in Singapore, is an American writer, translator, academic (born 1968). Discover Laird Hunt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?
| Popular As |
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| Occupation |
Novelist |
| Age |
55 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
3 April, 1968 |
| Birthday |
3 April |
| Birthplace |
Singapore |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous Novelist with the age 55 years old group.
Laird Hunt Height, Weight & Measurements
At 55 years old, Laird Hunt height not available right now. We will update Laird Hunt's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Laird Hunt's Wife?
His wife is Eleni Sikelianos
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Eleni Sikelianos |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
1 |
Laird Hunt Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Laird Hunt worth at the age of 55 years old? Laird Hunt’s income source is mostly from being a successful Novelist. He is from United States. We have estimated Laird Hunt's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Novelist |
Laird Hunt Social Network
Timeline
Laird Hunt (born April 3, 1968) is a Singapore-born American writer, translator, and academic.
Laird Hunt was born on April 3, 1968, in Singapore.
His father was an American banker who moved along with his family in various places such as Amsterdam, London, and elsewhere.
After his parents divorced, Hunt was sent to live with his grandmother in Indiana, where he went to the Clinton Central High School.
He earned a B.A. from Indiana University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University.
He studied French literature at the Sorbonne.
He was for a time a professor in the Creative Writing program at University of Denver.
He currently teaches in Brown University’s Literary Arts Program.
Hunt is the author of eight novels and a collection of short work, including the 2021 National Book Award finalist Zorrie.
He has translated several novels from the French, including Oliver Rohe's Vacant Lot (2010) and Stuart Merrill's Paul Verlaine (2010).
His works is said to intersect several genres, including experimental literature, exploratory fiction, literary noir, speculative fiction and difficult fiction and include elements ranging from the bizarre, the tragic, and the comic.
His influences include Georges Perec, W. G. Sebald, Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka and the French Modernists.
While working on his first novel, Hunt worked in the press office at the United Nations.
Hunt's reviews and essays have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Daily Beast, The Guardian, the Irish Times, and the Los Angeles Times.
His fiction and translations have appeared in literary journals such as Conjunctions, McSweeney's, Bomb, Ploughshares, Bookforum, The Believer, Fence, and Zoetrope.
For a time, Hunt was editor in the Denver Quarterly.
In 2014, it was announced by Element Pictures that Irish director Lenny Abrahamson would film an adaptation of Hunt's Civil War novel Neverhome, but the project did not materialize.
Hunt lives in Providence, Rhode Island with his wife Eleni Sikelianos, a poet and the grand-grand-daughter of Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos, and their daughter Eva.
