Silas House

American writer

Person Human Q7514169

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: August 7, 1971
Place of birth: Laurel County, Corbin^[8]
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: novelist, music critic, journalist, writer, opinion journalist, climate activist, columnist, music journalist, professor^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Position held: poet laureate
Educated at: Eastern Kentucky University, Spalding University^[14]^[15]
Award received: Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize^[16]
Official website: www.silas-house.com^[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Affiliation: Berea College^[23]
Family name: House^[19]
Given name: Silas^[20]
Member of: Fellowship of Southern Writers^[17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC EMCO Wikidata CoP^[24]
Social media followers: 16k (9.3k–16k, n=4)^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]

🏷️ Also known as

en S. D. House en Silas Dwane House en Silas House ar سيلاس هاوس de Silas Dwane House

🔖 Identifiers · 28

ISNI: 0000000027966762
VIAF cluster ID: 3703459
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n00029069
GND ID: 124688772X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Silas House 2022 Texas Book Festival.jpg ↗
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): HouseSilas1971-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 165717819
DDB person (GND) ID: 124688772X
Europeana entity: agent/base/94348
FAST ID: 1559567
Facebook username: SilasHouseOfficial
Fantastic Fiction author ID: h/silas-house

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Freebase ID: /m/027zv96
HAND ID: 73D5-9966-6312-E259-CE41
IMDb ID: nm8454137
IdRef ID: 135978645
Instagram username: silashouse
J9U entity ID: 987007339705605171
LibraryThing author ID: housesilas
Muck Rack journalist ID: silas-house
NL CR AUT ID: xx0208208
Official blog URL: silashouseblog.blogspot.com
Open Library ID: OL1393064A, OL7634493A
Parsifal cluster ID: 7195
Threads username: silashouse
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmtDdDv6RttgPqvwMtdwC
X (Twitter) username: silasdhouse
Yale LUX ID: person/998add8f-57a2-496b-8a53-be6dee9de712

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 5

writer, journalist, novelist, opinion journalist, music critic

Educated at 2

Eastern Kentucky University, Spalding University

Affiliation 1

Berea College

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

Silas

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Laurel County

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Silas House was born on August 7, 1971^[1], in Laurel County^[2]. He has worked as a novelist^[3], music critic^[4], journalist^[5], writer^[6], and opinion journalist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Silas House born?

Silas House was born in Laurel County^[2].

What did Silas House do for work?

Silas House worked as a novelist^[3], music critic^[4], journalist^[5], writer^[6], and opinion journalist^[7].

Where did Silas House go to school?

Silas House was educated at Eastern Kentucky University^[14] and Spalding University^[15].

What awards did Silas House receive?

Honors received include Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize^[16].

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6 / 428 langs

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Silas House — place of birth (P19): Laurel County. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Silas House — place of birth (P19): Corbin. lccn.loc.gov. lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Silas House — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Silas House — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Silas House — educated at (P69): Eastern Kentucky University. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Silas House — educated at (P69): Spalding University. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): music critic. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): journalist. Muck Rack. Retrieved 2022-04-03. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): writer. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-17. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): opinion journalist. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-17. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): climate activist. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): columnist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): music journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Silas House — occupation (P106): professor. lccn.loc.gov. lccn.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Silas House — award received (P166): Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize. lambdaliterary.org. Retrieved 2022-06-12. lambdaliterary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Silas House — member of (P463): Fellowship of Southern Writers. silas-house.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12. silas-house.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Silas House — date of birth (P569): August 7, 1971. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Silas House — family name (P734): House. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Silas House — given name (P735): Silas. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Silas House — official website (P856): https://www.silas-house.com/. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Silas House — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-16. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Silas House — affiliation (P1416): Berea College. berea.edu. berea.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Silas House — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject PCC EMCO Wikidata CoP. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Silas House — social media followers (P8687): 9266. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Silas House — social media followers (P8687): 11,516. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Silas House — social media followers (P8687): 14,460. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Silas House — social media followers (P8687): 15,525. wikidata.org.

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13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 73D5-9966-6312-E259-CE41

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13w ago · KathrynLybarger · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Position held → poet laureate

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On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC EMCO Wikidata CoP

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Occupation → novelist, music critic, journalist +1

"Added reference: Place of birth: Corbin"

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