O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 95 (2016) Winner
Asako Serizawa
せりざわ あさこ
Serizawa Asako
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, English
- Residence History
- United States
Career
- Occupations
- writer, short story writer
- Active Years
- 2010-2024
- Memberships
- Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson College | — | Creative Writing Department | — | — | United States |
Emerson College
Creative Writing Department
Country:
United States
Mentioned as alumna
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PEN/Open Book Award | Inheritors | — | PEN America | winner |
| 2021 | The Story Prize Spotlight Award | Inheritors | — | The Story Prize | winner |
| — | Massachusetts Book Award | Inheritors | — | — | winner |
| — | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 2016 | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award | — | fiction | Rona Jaffe Foundation | winner |
| — | O. Henry Award | — | — | Doubleday / Random House | winner |
PEN/Open Book Award
2021
Work:
Inheritors
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
winner
The Story Prize Spotlight Award
2021
Work:
Inheritors
Organization:
The Story Prize
Result:
winner
Massachusetts Book Award
Work:
Inheritors
Result:
winner
Pushcart Prize
Result:
winner
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
2016
Category:
fiction
Organization:
Rona Jaffe Foundation
Result:
winner
O. Henry Award
Organization:
Doubleday / Random House
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Inheritors
2020 short story collectionA collection of short stories mapping a complicated family tree through the centuries, centered on Japanese history and diaspora.
familyhistorydiasporalegacy of war
Bibliography
- Inheritors (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- polished prosemulti-generational narrative structure
- Recurring Motifs
- inheritanceshadows of history
Legacy
Contemporary Japanese writer acclaimed internationally for short stories, winner of multiple awards including PEN.
Trivia
- Two-time O. Henry Award winner
- Japanese-American writer active in the US