Whiting Awards
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Edition 15 (1999) Winner
Ben Marcus
ベン・マーカス
Ben Mākasu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967-10-11 （Austin, Texas）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Austin, Texas (childhood) → New York City → Maine (seasonal house)
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Professor
- Active Years
- 1995-2024
- Affiliations
- Columbia University School of the Arts, The American Reader (fiction editor), Fence (former fiction editor)
- Influenced By
- Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, Donald Barthelme, Richard Yates, Flannery O'Connor, Thomas Bernhard, Padgett Powell, J. M. Coetzee, David Ohle, Kōbō Abe, Garielle Lutz, George Saunders
- Nominations
- 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist (Leaving the Sea), 2014 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize shortlist (The Flame Alphabet)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | — | Philosophy | Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
New York University
Philosophy
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
Country:
United States
Brown University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2000 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | Fiction | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Morton Dauwen Zabel Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Creative Capital Award | — | Innovative Literature | Creative Capital | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Berlin Prize Fellowship | — | — | American Academy in Berlin | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1999
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2000
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Morton Dauwen Zabel Award
2008
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Creative Capital Award
2009
Category:
Innovative Literature
Organization:
Creative Capital
Result:
受賞
Berlin Prize Fellowship
2013
Organization:
American Academy in Berlin
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2013
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Age of Wire and String
1995 Short story collection・Experimental literatureAn experimental short story collection constructed with unique language and concepts.
ExperimentalDeconstruction of language
Notable American Women
2002 Novel・Experimental literatureAn experimental novel depicting a future women's movement.
FeminismExperimental
The Flame Alphabet
2012 Novel・Experimental literatureA dystopian novel where language becomes toxic.
LanguageFamilyDystopia
Leaving the Sea
2014 Short story collectionA collection of short stories depicting contemporary anxieties.
AnxietyModernity
Notes From The Fog
2018 Short story collectionStories from a fog-covered world.
FogIsolation
Bibliography
- The Age of Wire and String (1995)
- Notable American Women (2002)
- The Flame Alphabet (2012)
- Leaving the Sea (2014)
- Notes from the Fog (2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ExperimentalPostmodernistInvented language
- Recurring Motifs
- Breakdown of languageFamily disintegrationIsolation
Legacy
Recognized as a key figure in American experimental literature, known for his linguistic innovations.
Trivia
- Son of a mathematician father and literary critic mother specializing in Virginia Woolf.
- Married to writer Heidi Julavits, with children Delia and Solomon Marcus.
- Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts.