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Jesse Browner

b. 1961

American writer

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Born 1961. Jesse Browner is an American novelist, essayist and translator.

Jesse Browner (born March 30, 1961) is an American novelist, essayist, and translator. His work has appeared in Nest, Food & Wine, Gastronomica, New York, The New York Times Book Review and Poets & Writers. His books have been published in the United States, France, Italy, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.

Life Browner was born in New York City and grew up there and in Europe. He is a 1983 graduate of Bard College, where he earned a B.A. in English. He is married to notable book editor and publisher Judy Clain with whom he shares two daughters.

Books Conglomeros, Random House, 1992 Turnaway, Random House, 1996 The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down, Bloomsbury, 2003 The Uncertain Hour, Bloomsbury, 2007 Everything Happens Today, Europa, 2011 How Did I Get Here, HarperCollins, 2015 Sing to Me, Little, Brown, 2025 Translations Diary of an Unknown, Jean Cocteau, Paragon House, 1988 - Oriental Metaphysics, René Guénon, Hanuman Books, 1989 - Letters to Merline, Rainer Maria Rilke, Paragon House, 1989 - Letter to Gala, Paul Eluard, Paragon House, 1989 - Souvenir Portraits, Jean Cocteau, Paragon House, 1989 - Celine: A Biography, Frederic Vitoux, Paragon House, 1992 - The Bad Life, Frédéric Mitterrand, Soft Skull, 2010 - Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill, Matthieu Ricard, Little Brown, 2011 - Monsieur le Commandant, Romain Slocombe, Gallic Books, 2013 -

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Bard College

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American writer

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Jesse Browner was born on 30 March 1961.

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Jesse Browner is a novelist, essayist and translator.

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Jesse Browner is American.

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· Wikipedia: Jesse Browner

· Wikidata: Q18921982

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