Powers, Richard

Richard Powers s‑a nascut in 1957, in Evanston, Illinois. Romanele sale sint un amestec surprinzator de genuri, caci autorul este pasionat de muzica si de stiintele exacte, iar aceste interese se imbina in mod spectaculos in cartile sale, dintre care amintim: Prisoner’s Dilemma (1988), The Gold Bug Variations (1991), Operation Wandering Soul (1993), Galatea 2.2 (1995), The Time of Our Singing (2003). Stilul sau inteligent si provocator se bucura de un mare succes de public, dar si de entuziasmul criticii, romanele sale obtinind numeroase premii si distinctii, printre care trei nomi­nalizari la National Book Critics Circle Award, Lannan Literary Award si James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Historical Fiction.