Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1987) Winner
Deborah Eisenberg
デボラ・アイゼンバーグ
Deborah Eisenberg
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-11-20 （Winnetka, Illinois, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Winnetka, Illinois → Suburban Chicago, Illinois → Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor, Actress
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (faculty), Columbia University (MFA writing faculty)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (member)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlboro College | — | — | — | — | United States |
| The New School | — | — | — | — | United States |
Marlboro College
Country:
United States
The New School
Country:
United States
Details of degree/attendance not fully specified in available sources
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Rea Award for the Short Story | — | — | Rea Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Lannan Literary Fellowship | — | — | Lannan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2009 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2011 | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg | — | PEN/Faulkner | 受賞 |
| 2015 | PEN/Malamud Award | — | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 1986 | O. Henry Award | — | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
| 1995 | O. Henry Award | — | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
| 1997 | O. Henry Award | — | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
| 2002 | O. Henry Award | — | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
| 2006 | O. Henry Award | — | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
| 2013 | O. Henry Award | — | — | O. Henry Awards | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
1987
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1987
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Rea Award for the Short Story
2000
Organization:
Rea Award committee
Result:
受賞
Lannan Literary Fellowship
2003
Organization:
Lannan Foundation
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellowship
2009
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2011
Work:
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner
Result:
受賞
PEN/Malamud Award
2015
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
1986
Organization:
O. Henry Awards
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
1995
Organization:
O. Henry Awards
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
1997
Organization:
O. Henry Awards
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
2002
Organization:
O. Henry Awards
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
2006
Organization:
O. Henry Awards
Result:
受賞
O. Henry Award
2013
Organization:
O. Henry Awards
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Lannan Literary Awards
3 appearances
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Edition 90 (2003) Winner
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Edition 92 (2003, held 3 times in year) Fellowship
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Edition 154 (2003, held 7 times in year) Fellowship
O. Henry Award
2 appearances
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Edition 85 (2006) Winner
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Edition 92 (2013) Winner
Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (2011) Winner
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2011) Winner
PEN/Malamud Award (PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award)
1 appearances
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Edition 38 (2015) Winner
The Story Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2018) Nominee
Works
Major Works
Transactions in a Foreign Currency
1986 Short story collectionA collection of early short stories exploring urban life and subtle human relationships.
urban lifeinterpersonal relationshipsmoral ambiguity
Under the 82nd Airborne
1992 Short story collectionA short-story collection depicting society and loneliness through various characters' perspectives.
lonelinesssocial observation
All Around Atlantis
1997 Short story collectionA collection of stories that delicately portray everyday displacements and emotions.
memoryrelationships
Twilight of the Superheroes
2006 Short story collectionA collection that uses humor and irony to depict the eccentricities and failings of contemporary society.
ironysocial satire
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
2010 Collected short storiesA collected volume of her short stories, highly praised by critics.
contemporary lifemoral inquiry
Your Duck Is My Duck
2018 Short story collectionA recent collection of short stories examining the subtleties of relationships and ethical complexity.
ethicsinterpersonal dynamics
Bibliography
- Transactions in a Foreign Currency
- Under the 82nd Airborne
- The Stories (So Far) of Deborah Eisenberg
- All Around Atlantis
- Twilight of the Superheroes
- The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
- Your Duck Is My Duck
- Pastorale (play)
Adaptations
- Let Them All Talk (screenplay/treatment credit)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- playwright's ear for dialoguejournalistic eye for detailconcise short-story construction
- Recurring Motifs
- contemporary urban lifemisaligned relationshipsmoral ambiguity
Legacy
Eisenberg is regarded as an important short-story writer, having received numerous awards and critical acclaim; her work has contributed to the stature of the short story in American letters.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives
- The New York Review of Books archive (contributions and records)
- Columbia University collections (faculty profile, related materials)
In Popular Culture
- Cameo appearance in the film My Dinner with Andre and being referenced in the film
Quotes
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She is "one of the most important fiction writers now at work."
Source: Ben Marcus (The New York Times Book Review) (2006)
Trivia
- Longtime partner is actor-writer Wallace Shawn (since 1972).
- Multiple O. Henry Award winner (1986, 1995, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2013).
- Provided a 50-page treatment for Steven Soderbergh's film Let Them All Talk (2020).