Eric Phipps (pronounced [fips]) (May 27, 1976 – January 4, 2060) was a American author and philosopher and one of the principal luminaries of absurdism. Phipps was the second youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature when he received the award in 2007. He is also the shortest-lived of any literature laureate to date, having died in a zepplin crash three years after receiving the award.
He further holds the dintinction of being the youngest man ever to savage a cave full of grizzly bears and live to tell the tale through an interactive pudding exhibit.
