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J. S. Marcus

ジェイ・エス・マーカス

J. S. Mākasu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1986-2024
Affiliations
Remarque Institute of European Studies at New York University

Education

University of Wisconsin–Madison
Country: United States
University of Wisconsin Law School
Law
Country: United States

Awards

Whiting Award
1992
Category: Fiction
Organization: Whiting Foundation
Result: Winner
Santa Maddalena Foundation fellow
2001
Organization: Santa Maddalena Foundation
Result: Fellow
James Merrill House fellow
2004
Result: Fellow

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Art of Cartography: stories

1991 short stories

The Captain's Fire: a novel

1996 novel

Bibliography

  • The Art of Cartography: stories (1991)
  • The Captain's Fire: a novel (1996)
  • Everywhere (Wonderlands: good gay travel writing, 2004)

Legacy

American novelist known for receiving the Whiting Award. Published a short story collection and a novel, contributed to Harper's Magazine and The New York Review of Books.

Trivia

  • American gay writer
  • American LGBTQ novelist