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Biography
Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist, author, translator and activist who has been an outspoken critic of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Gessen is nonbinary and trans and uses they/them pronouns. Gessen has written extensively on LGBT rights.
Awards & recognition
- Pulitzer Prize · 2026
- Hannah Arendt Prize · 2023
- John Chancellor Award · 2022
- Leipzig Book Award — European Understanding · 2019
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 2017
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- National Book Award — Nonfiction · 2017
- Carnegie Fellow · 2015
- Wallenberg Medal · 2015
- Kurt Tucholsky Prize · 2013
