Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2016) Winner
Catherine Lacey
キャサリン・レイシー
Kyasarin Reishī
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1985-04-09 （Tupelo, Mississippi）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2014-2025
- Affiliations
- Columbia University
- Nominations
- Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist (Nobody Is Ever Missing), Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist (Pew), Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlist (Biography of X)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola University New Orleans | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | — | — | United States |
Loyola University New Orleans
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | winner |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | — | winner |
| 2021 | Young Lions Fiction Award | Pew | — | New York Public Library | winner |
| 2012 | NYFA Artists' Fellowship | — | — | New York Foundation for the Arts | winner |
Whiting Award
2016
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
Result:
winner
Young Lions Fiction Award
2021
Work:
Pew
Organization:
New York Public Library
Result:
winner
NYFA Artists' Fellowship
2012
Organization:
New York Foundation for the Arts
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 101 (2023) WinnerWork: Man Mountain
"Man Mountain" is a short story selected for the O. Henry Prize 2023 anthology. In a compact sequence of scenes, it captures shifts in relationships and emotional tension.
A sharp short story included in the O. Henry Prize 2023 anthology.
short storyrelationshipsemotional tension
Works
Major Works
Biography of X
2023 NovelA fictional biography.
IdentityArt
Pew
2020 NovelStory surrounding the enigmatic figure Pew.
FaithCommunity
The Answers
2017 NovelA story about participants in a relationship experiment.
LoveScience
Nobody Is Ever Missing
2014 NovelStory of a woman who disappears.
LossIdentity
Translations
- Translated into Dutch, Spanish, Italian, French, German
Bibliography
- Nobody Is Ever Missing (2014)
- The Answers (2017)
- Certain American States: Stories (2018)
- Pew (2020)
- Biography of X (2023)
- The Möbius Book (2025)
- The Art of the Affair (2017)
Translations of Works
- Translations of Nobody Is Ever Missing: Dutch, etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Dreamy and fierce prosePeculiar suppleness
- Recurring Motifs
- DisappearanceRelationships
Legacy
Prominent contemporary American writer acclaimed for innovative novels.
Quotes
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Even the person who wrote Nobody Is Ever Missing, I can’t really speak on her behalf anymore.
Source: Vogue interview (2017)
Trivia
- Co-founding member of 3B, a cooperative B&B in Brooklyn.
- Taught at Columbia University School of the Arts.