PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 40 (2015) Winner
Arna Bontemps Hemenway
アーナ・ボンテンプス・ヘメンウェイ
Āna Bontempsu Hemenwei
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Waco, Texas (Baylor University)
Career
- Occupations
- author, professor, creative writing professor
- Active Years
- 2010-2024
- Affiliations
- Baylor University
- Nominations
- Finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award, Long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | PEN/Hemingway Prize | Elegy on Kinderklavier | — | PEN America / Hemingway Foundation | won |
PEN/Hemingway Prize
2015
Work:
Elegy on Kinderklavier
Organization:
PEN America / Hemingway Foundation
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Elegy on Kinderklavier
2014 short story collectionA collection of short stories.
Bibliography
- Elegy on Kinderklavier
- The Fugue (in Best American Short Stories 2015)
- Wolves of Karelia
- The IED
- Helping
- Asleep in the Monastery
- A Self-Made Man
- A Life
- In the Mosque of Imam Alwani
- Behind the Mountains Are More Mountains
- Fetal Anatomy Assessment
- This Life, Unbidden
- The Third Thing That Killed Cat Hoseman
Legacy
American author and professor best known for his debut collection Elegy on Kinderklavier, which won the 2015 PEN/Hemingway Prize. He is an associate professor of creative writing at Baylor University and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.