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Courtney Angela Brkic

こーとにー・あんじぇら・ぶるきちっ

Kōtonī Anjera Burukitchi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1972 (Washington, D.C.)
Nationality
American, Croatian American
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Washington, D.C. → Arlington, Virginia → New York City

Career

Occupations
Memoirist, Short story writer, Academic
Active Years
1996-
Affiliations
George Mason University, New York University, Cooper Union, Kenyon College

Education

Yorktown High School
Country: United States
Arlington County, Virginia
College of William & Mary
Anthropology
Country: United States
Major in anthropology, minor in Hispanic Studies
New York University
Creative Writing
Degree: MFA
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
2003
Category: Fiction and Nonfiction
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Grant
2008
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: Grant
Fulbright Scholarship
Organization: Fulbright
Result: Scholarship
New York Times Fellowship
Organization: New York Times
Result: Fellowship

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Stillness

2003 Short stories

A collection of short stories

The Stone Fields: An Epitaph for the Living

2004 Memoir

Memoir based on experiences in Bosnia

The First Rule of Swimming

2013 Novel

A novel

Bibliography

  • Stillness
  • The Stone Fields: An Epitaph for the Living
  • The First Rule of Swimming

Translations by Author

  • Translation of A.B. Simic's Modern Poetry in Translation 18