Masha Gessen

Acting

Born: 1967-01-13
From: Moscow, Russia
Gender: Non-binary
Popularity: 0.1

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 & Nominations9 won · 0 nominated

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Pulitzer Prize

2026
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Hannah Arendt Prize

2023
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John Chancellor Award

2022
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Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding

2019
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National Book Award for Nonfiction

2017
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Guggenheim Fellowship

2017
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Carnegie Fellow

2015
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Wallenberg Medal

2015
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Kurt Tucholsky Prize

2013