Stonewall Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1990) Winner
David B. Feinberg
デイビッド・バーイシュ・ファインバーグ
Deibiddo B. Fainbāgu
Aliases:
David Feinberg
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-11-25 （Lynn, Massachusetts）
- Died
- 1994-11-02 （Manhattan, New York City, New York） age 37
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Syracuse, New York → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, AIDS activist, computer programmer
- Active Years
- 1979-1994
- Affiliations
- ACT UP, Modern Language Association of America
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | — | mathematics | — | — | United States |
| New York University | — | linguistics | Master's | — | United States |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
mathematics
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United States
studied creative writing with John Hersey
New York University
linguistics
Degree:
Master's
Country:
United States
pursued a Master's degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Lambda Literary Award | Eighty-Sixed | Gay Men's Fiction | Lambda Literary Foundation | winner |
| 1990 | Stonewall Book Award | Eighty-Sixed | Literature | American Library Association | winner |
| 1990 | American Library Association Gay/Lesbian Award | Eighty-Sixed | Fiction | American Library Association | winner |
Lambda Literary Award
1990
Work:
Eighty-Sixed
Category:
Gay Men's Fiction
Organization:
Lambda Literary Foundation
Result:
winner
Stonewall Book Award
1990
Work:
Eighty-Sixed
Category:
Literature
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
American Library Association Gay/Lesbian Award
1990
Work:
Eighty-Sixed
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Eighty-Sixed
1989 Gay men's fictionDepicts gay life, sex, and friendship in 1980s New York.
gay culturepre-AIDS New YorkJewish identity
Adaptations
- [musical] Eighty-Sixed (2022)
Spontaneous Combustion
1991 Gay men's fictionSequel to Eighty-Sixed, continuing B.J. Rosenthal's story.
AIDSgay lifehumor
Queer and Loathing: Rants and Raves of a Raging AIDS Clone
1994 Essay collectionEssays on life as an HIV-positive gay man in the 1990s.
HIV/AIDSgay ragesurvival
Bibliography
- Calculus (unpublished)
- Eighty-Sixed
- Spontaneous Combustion
- Queer and Loathing
Adaptations
- Musical Eighty-Sixed (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humoroussatiricalcolloquialNew York edge
- Recurring Motifs
- B.J. Rosenthaldaily life with HIVgay sexAIDS
Health
-
HIV/AIDS1987-1994Died of AIDS-related causes in 1994; impacted writing.
Legacy
Pioneer in gay and AIDS literature, using humor for dire situations, sparking controversy.
Archives
- New York Public Library Manuscripts and Archives Division
In Popular Culture
- Basis for musical Eighty-Sixed (2022, San Diego)
- Model for Zach in John Weir's What I Did Wrong
- Voice used in PBS series Positive: Life with HIV (1995)
Quotes
-
He and I aren't the same person exactly... 60 to 70 percent me.
Source: New York Newsday (1992) -
To capture what it is like to be HIV-positive in the 90s.
Source: Introduction to Queer and Loathing (1994)
Trivia
- Described his unpublished first novel Calculus as 'godawful'.
- The poem 'The Square Root of Three' is often misattributed to him.
- Main character B.J. Rosenthal is 60-70% autobiographical.