PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1 appearances
-
Edition 35 (2015) Winner
Atticus Lish
アッティカス・リッシュ
Attikusu Risshu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1972 （Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
- Residence History
- Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Technical Translator, Former US Marine, Mixed Martial Artist
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Influenced By
- Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, The Bible, Gordon Lish
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Academy | — | Mandarin | — | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | — | — | 2年間在籍後中退、その後30代半ばに復学し卒業。アスコリの定理に関する論文で卒業 | United States |
Phillips Academy
Mandarin
Country:
United States
Studied Mandarin
Harvard University
Period:
2年間在籍後中退、その後30代半ばに復学し卒業。アスコリの定理に関する論文で卒業
Country:
United States
Took fiction course that inspired writing focus; graduated with thesis on Ascoli's theorem
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | Preparation for the Next Life | — | PEN/Faulkner Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Plimpton Prize for Fiction | Preparation for the Next Life | — | Paris Review | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Carla Furstenberg Cohen Literary Prize | Preparation for the Next Life | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | New York City Book Award | Preparation for the Next Life | — | New York Society Library | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine | Preparation for the Next Life | — | — | 受賞 |
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2015
Work:
Preparation for the Next Life
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result:
受賞
Plimpton Prize for Fiction
2015
Work:
Preparation for the Next Life
Organization:
Paris Review
Result:
受賞
Carla Furstenberg Cohen Literary Prize
2015
Work:
Preparation for the Next Life
Result:
受賞
New York City Book Award
2015
Work:
Preparation for the Next Life
Organization:
New York Society Library
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine
2016
Work:
Preparation for the Next Life
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
-
Edition 40 (2015) Nominee
Works
Major Works
Preparation for the Next Life
2014 NovelSet in Flushing, Queens, follows illegal immigrant Zou Lei from Xinjiang and Iraq veteran Brad Skinner as they struggle to build a life amid violence and alienation.
ImmigrationWar TraumaLoveAmerican Underground Economy
Life is With People
2012 BildungsromanA difficult-to-classify work described as a bildungsroman with author illustrations.
The War for Gloria
2021 NovelNovel set in Boston.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Documentary detail blended with incantationMinimalist influences from Hemingway et al.
- Recurring Motifs
- TraumaAlienationSurvival
Legacy
American novelist whose debut Preparation for the Next Life won the PEN/Faulkner Award, achieving surprise success independently of his father Gordon Lish's influence.
Trivia
- Son of influential literary editor Gordon Lish.
- A verbatim passage from his nine-year-old prose appears in Don DeLillo's novel The Names.
- Honorably discharged from US Marine Corps after 1.5 years.
- Professional MMA record: 1-1-0.
- Married to Korean-born schoolteacher Beth.