"DeWitt has an insatiable mind and deep pockets of knowledge in disparate subjects; she went on tangents about strategies, the quirks of and her obsession with the , who inspired one of her many unfinished novels. She speaks French and German, can read Greek and Latin, and understands close to a dozen other languages with varying degrees of proficiency — among them Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hebrew and Japanese."
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Novelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesUniversity of Oxford alumniSmith College alumni
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Helen DeWitt
is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel ' (2000) sold over 100,000 copies and in 2024 was included by The New York Times in its list of the "100 Best Books of the 21st Century".
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