PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
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Edition 40 (2015) Special Mention
Diane Cook
ダイアン・クック
Daian Kukku
Aliases:
Diane Marie Cook
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brooklyn, New York → Portland, Maine
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Radio producer
- Active Years
- 2000-2024
- Nominations
- 2020 Booker Prize shortlist (The New Wilderness)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | — | Radio | — | 2000 | United States |
| Columbia University | — | School of the Arts | MFA | — | United States |
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Radio
Period:
2000
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
United States
Member of the first Radio cohort
Columbia University
School of the Arts
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA in fiction
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | recipient |
| 2015 | Guardian First Book Award | Man v. Nature | First Book | The Guardian | finalist |
| 2015 | Believer Book Award | Man v. Nature | — | The Believer | finalist |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction | Man v. Nature | First Fiction | Los Angeles Times | finalist |
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2016
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
recipient
Guardian First Book Award
2015
Work:
Man v. Nature
Category:
First Book
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
finalist
Believer Book Award
2015
Work:
Man v. Nature
Organization:
The Believer
Result:
finalist
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
2015
Work:
Man v. Nature
Category:
First Fiction
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
finalist
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The New Wilderness
2020 NovelIn a dystopian future ravaged by environmental collapse, a mother and her sick daughter are relocated to a nature preserve called the New Wilderness, exploring survival and humanity.
Environmental collapseMother-daughter bondSurvivalDystopia
Adaptations
- [Television series] / Matt Reeves
Man v. Nature
2015 Short story collectionA collection of fable-like short stories satirizing man vs. nature and societal norms.
Man vs. natureSatireFables
Bibliography
- The New Wilderness (2020)
- Man v. Nature (2015)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- FabulistSatiricalConcise and fantastical
- Recurring Motifs
- Man vs. natureReturn to primitivismBreakdown of social norms
Legacy
Rising star in contemporary American literature, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, known for her unique fabulist style exploring environmental issues and humanity.
Trivia
- Her experience producing for This American Life influenced her writing.