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George Dawes Green

Disciplines:
fiction
storytelling
the moth
usa/georgia

Summary

American novelist and storyteller — founder of The Moth — author of The Juror and The Caveman's Valentine — who left a fiction career to create the world's most influential live storytelling organization.

Core Contribution

Creates The Moth as a storytelling institution — Green's founding vision (gather people to tell personal true stories, unscripted, from memory, with stakes) launched the live storytelling movement that has since produced 500M podcast downloads and hundreds of imitators.

Notable Works & Achievements

The Juror

Ravens

The Caveman's Valentine

The Kingdoms of Savannah

Historical Influences

Southern oral tradition Greek storytelling gatherings

Intellectual Lineage

Savannah, GeorgiaThe Juror The Moth The Kingdoms of Savannah

Contemporaries & Peers

Catherine Burns David Sedaris

Minds Influenced

Live storytelling genre

Intellectual Posterity

The Moth Story slam Live storytelling movement

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