Edward Lewis Wallant Award
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Edition 34 (2008) Winner
Eileen Pollack
アイリーン・ポラック
Eileen Pollack
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1956-01-01
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Ann Arbor, Michigan → Manhattan, New York
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, short story writer, educator
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (former director of the MFA Program)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | — | Physics (undergraduate) | — | — | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | Creative Writing (M.F.A.) | M.F.A. | — | United States |
Yale University
Physics (undergraduate)
Country:
United States
Listed as having an undergraduate degree in physics; specific degree title and graduation year are not consistently documented in available sources.
University of Iowa
Creative Writing (M.F.A.)
Degree:
M.F.A.
Country:
United States
Holds an M.F.A. in creative writing.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award | — | — | Rona Jaffe Foundation | 受賞 |
Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
1996
Organization:
Rona Jaffe Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Rabbi in the Attic and Other Stories
1991 Short story collection (fiction)A short-story collection featuring an Old-World male rabbi and his leftist female successor. Considered among early works in American Jewish literature to prominently feature women rabbis as literary figures.
Jewish lifereligion and modernizationgender and leadership
The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
Non-fiction (social commentary)Essays and commentary on women's experiences in science, examining institutional and cultural barriers women face in scientific fields.
women in scienceeducationgender equality
Breaking and Entering
NovelParadise, New York
NovelA Perfect Life
NovelWoman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull
Non-fiction (biographical inquiry)A historical inquiry into the relationship between Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull, reconstructing their lives and historical context from available sources.
historywomen's agencyNative American history
Bibliography
- The Rabbi in the Attic and Other Stories
- Breaking and Entering
- Paradise, New York
- The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
- A Perfect Life
- Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull
- In the Mouth
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist character-driven prosemix of humor and poignancyclear, argumentative style in essays
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish faith and community lifewomen's roles and professional challengesgender issues in science and education
Legacy
Eileen Pollack has explored Jewish culture, women's experiences, and issues at the intersection of science and gender across fiction and nonfiction. Her short-story collection 'The Rabbi in the Attic' is noted as an early literary treatment of women rabbis, and she has had an influential role as an educator directing an MFA program.
Trivia
- She studied physics at Yale and has written about women's place in science.
- She splits her time between Ann Arbor, Michigan and Manhattan.
- Recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in 1996.
- Official website: eileenpollack.com