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Who influenced Jonathan Franzen?

  • William Shakespeare

    English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

    Influenced 33

    Influenced by 6

  • Franz Kafka

    Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 3

  • Albert Camus

    French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

    Influenced 27

    Influenced by 13

  • Henrik Ibsen

    Norwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 5

  • Leo Tolstoy

    Russian author (1828–1910)

    Influenced 19

    Influenced by 20

  • Marcel Proust

    French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

    Influenced 18

    Influenced by 0

  • Don DeLillo

    American novelist, playwright and essayist

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 5

  • Alice Munro

    Canadian writer (1931–2024)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 1

  • Rainer Maria Rilke

    Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 0

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald

    American writer (1896–1940)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Philip Roth

    American novelist (1933-2018)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 30

  • Thomas Pynchon

    American novelist (born 1937)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • William Gaddis

    American novelist

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by Jonathan Franzen?

  • No one?