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- Born
- October 24, 1971
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Sources- 1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in NooSFereRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in NooSFereRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in MAK
- October 24, 1971
- Birthplace
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- science fiction writer
- , writer
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- 2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
- , university teacher
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- +1 more
- Education
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- , Goshen College
- , Lancaster Mennonite School
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Sources- 1.“A mosaic, a shattering”ml.bethelks.edu/2023/07/12/a-mosaic-a-shattering/Retrieved 2026-04-27
- Employer
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- English
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- English
Overview
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- Sex or gender
- female
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2025-08-29
- female
- Website
- sofiasamatar.com language: English
- Awards
- Astounding Award for Best New Writer(2014)
- Robert Holdstock Award for Best Fantasy Novel(2014) for work: A Stranger in Olondria · follows: Graham Joyce · followed by: Frances Hardinge
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novel(2014) for work: A Stranger in Olondria · follows: G. Willow Wilson · followed by: David Mitchell
- Field of work
- creative and professional writing
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- fantasy literature
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- Arabic literature
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- African literature
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- English
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- creative and professional writing
- Work location
- Madison
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-05-17
- Madison
- Nominations
- Hugo Award for Best Novella(2025) for work: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
- Nebula Award for Best Novella(2025) for work: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
- Philip K. Dick Award(2025) for work: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2025) for work: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
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- Ignyte Award for Best Novella(2025) for work: The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
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- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2022) for work: Three Tales from the Blue Library
- Locus Award for Best Novelette(2021) for work: Fairy Tales for Robots
- Locus Award for Best Novella(2018) for work: Fallow
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- British Fantasy Award for Best Collection(2018) for work: Tender
- World Fantasy Award for Best Collection(2018) for work: Tender
- Locus Award for Best Collection(2018) for work: Tender
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- Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel(2017) for work: The Winged Histories
- Locus Award for Best Short Story(2017) for work: The Red Thread, The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle
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- Locus Award for Best Short Story(2017) for work: The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story(2017) for work: Honey Bear
- Locus Award for Best Short Story(2015) for work: How to Get Back to the Forest, Ogres of East Africa
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- Locus Award for Best Short Story(2015) for work: Ogres of East Africa
- Hugo Award for Best Short Story(2014) for work: Selkie Stories Are for Losers
- Locus Award for Best First Novel(2014) for work: A Stranger in Olondria
- Nebula Award for Best Novel(2014) for work: A Stranger in Olondria
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- Nebula Award for Best Short Story(2014) for work: Selkie Stories Are for Losers
- World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction(2014) for work: Selkie Stories Are for Losers
- BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction(2013) for work: Selkie Stories Are for Losers
- Ethnic group
- Somali American
1
Sources- 1.“The White Mosque - Sofia Samatar”sofiasamatar.com/books/the-white-mosque/Retrieved 2026-04-27
- Swiss Americans
1
Sources- 1.“The White Mosque - Sofia Samatar”sofiasamatar.com/books/the-white-mosque/Retrieved 2026-04-27
- Somali American
- Religion or worldview
- Mennonites
1
Sources- 1.“The White Mosque - Sofia Samatar”sofiasamatar.com/books/the-white-mosque/Retrieved 2026-04-27
- Mennonites
On other databases
37 identifiers linking Sofia Samatar across the web's reference databases
- Amazon author IDB00CBLRS8S
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID17682046m
- CBDB.cz author ID212616
- CiNii Research ID1981712334691420466
- Databazeknih.cz author ID152001
- Fancyclopedia 3 IDSofia_Samatar
- Fantastic Fiction author IDs/sofia-samatar
- FantLab author ID39925
- Freebase ID/m/0_w4c1p
- GND ID1113304243
- Goodreads author ID5258016
- IdRef ID262477750
- ISFDB author ID161247
- ISNI0000000370667268
- IxTheo authority ID867170034
- J9U entity ID987013159044305171
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn2012034783
- LibraryThing author IDsamatarsofia
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA18994887
- National Library of Lithuania IDLNB:DgsK;=B5
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810649082305606
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID439385008
- NDL Authority ID001279670
- NL CR AUT IDxx0301450
- NooSFere author ID2147195488
- NUKAT IDn2015000353
- Open Library IDOL7132774A
- Penguin Random House author ID2269439
- Reddit usernamesofiasamatar
- SBN author IDLIGV027679
- Science Fiction Awards Database author IDSofia_Samatar
- SVKKL authority ID0349240-Samatar-Sofia-1971
- Tor.com author IDsofia-samatar
- VIAF cluster ID249996819
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJtmwXYfYrHkwXqVJfGj4q
- Worlds Without End author ID2071
- Yale LUX IDperson/3c369416-dbae-437a-ad58-a3a815b4eaf3