The Story Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2009) Winner
Daniyal Mueenuddin
だにやる・むいーんうっでぃーん
Daniyal Mueenuddin
Aliases:
دانیال معین الدین
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1963-04 （Los Angeles）
- Nationality
- Pakistan, United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Pakistan (childhood) → United States (from age 13) → Mango farm in South Punjab, Pakistan
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Lawyer, Farmer, Journalist, Director
- Active Years
- 2004-2024
- Influenced By
- Anton Chekhov
- Nominations
- National Book Award finalist (2009), Pulitzer Prize finalist (2010), Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award finalist (2010), Ondaatje Prize finalist (2010)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groton School | — | Prep school | — | — | United States |
| Dartmouth College | — | Literature | BA | — | United States |
| Yale Law School | Law | International Law | JD | 1993-1996 | United States |
| University of Arizona | Fine Arts | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Groton School
Prep school
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United States
Dartmouth College
Literature
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1985
Country:
United States
magna cum laude
Yale Law School
Law
/ International Law
Degree:
JD
Period:
1993-1996
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United States
Editor-in-Chief of Yale Journal of International Law
University of Arizona
Fine Arts
/ Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
2004
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Story Prize | In Other Rooms, Other Wonders | — | The Story Prize | winner |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Writers' Prize | In Other Rooms, Other Wonders | Best First Book, Europe and South Asia | Commonwealth Foundation | winner |
| 2010 | Rosenthal Family Foundation Award | In Other Rooms, Other Wonders | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
The Story Prize
2009
Work:
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Organization:
The Story Prize
Result:
winner
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
2010
Work:
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Category:
Best First Book, Europe and South Asia
Organization:
Commonwealth Foundation
Result:
winner
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award
2010
Work:
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 89 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
2009 Short story collectionA collection of short stories depicting the lives of Pakistan's rich and poor, exploring the dissolution of feudal order.
Class structureDissolution of feudalismPower and sexRural Pakistan
Translations
- Translated into sixteen languages
Bibliography
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders (2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Chekhovian styleRealism
- Recurring Motifs
- Mango farm lifeInter-class relationshipsTradition vs. modernity
Legacy
Acclaimed short story writer portraying contemporary Pakistan in English, featured in top book lists by TIME, NYT, and others.
Quotes
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Sitting in my office on the forty-second floor of a black skyscraper in Manhattan, looking out over the East river, I gradually developed confidence in the stories I had lived through during those years on the farm.
Source: Author interview (2009)
Trivia
- Godson of Katherine Anne Porter.
- Mother was a Washington Post reporter and PEN American Center trustee.
- Father was a senior Pakistani civil servant.
- Married to Norwegian anthropologist Cecilie Brenden Mueenuddin.