PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2004) Winner
Jennifer Haigh
ジェニファー・ヘイグ
Jenifā Heigu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1968-10-16 （Barnesboro, Pennsylvania）
- Nationality
- United States, American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Barnesboro, Pennsylvania → Carlisle, Pennsylvania → Iowa City, Iowa → Boston, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, creative writing instructor
- Active Years
- 2003-2025
- Affiliations
- Boston University graduate program in creative writing
- Influenced By
- Richard Ford, Richard Price, Richard Russo, Sherwood Anderson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson College | — | Literature | — | — | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | Creative Writing | Writers' Workshop | MFA | — | United States |
Dickinson College
Literature
Country:
United States
attended undergraduate
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
/ Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
graduate program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | PEN/Hemingway Award | Mrs. Kimble | デビュー小説 | PEN America | winner |
| 2006 | L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award | Baker Towers | — | PEN New England | winner |
| 2014 | PEN/New England Award | News From Heaven | フィクション | PEN New England | winner |
| 2014 | Massachusetts Book Award | News From Heaven | — | Massachusetts Center for the Book | winner |
| 2017 | Bridge Book Award | Heat and Light | — | Premio Letterario The Bridge | winner |
| 2017 | Literature Award | Heat and Light | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
| 2018 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | フィクション | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | fellow |
| 2023 | Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award | Mercy Street | — | Mark Twain House | winner |
PEN/Hemingway Award
2004
Work:
Mrs. Kimble
Category:
デビュー小説
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
winner
L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award
2006
Work:
Baker Towers
Organization:
PEN New England
Result:
winner
PEN/New England Award
2014
Work:
News From Heaven
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
PEN New England
Result:
winner
Massachusetts Book Award
2014
Work:
News From Heaven
Organization:
Massachusetts Center for the Book
Result:
winner
Bridge Book Award
2017
Work:
Heat and Light
Organization:
Premio Letterario The Bridge
Result:
winner
Literature Award
2017
Work:
Heat and Light
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2018
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
fellow
Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award
2023
Work:
Mercy Street
Organization:
Mark Twain House
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Mrs. Kimble
2003 Literary fictionThe story of a mysterious con man named Ken Kimble told through the eyes of his three wives.
marriagedeceptionwomen's perspectives
Baker Towers
2005 Literary fictionA mining family experiences the decline of the coal economy in the years following World War II.
coal industryfamilyregional decline
The Condition
2008 Literary fictionTraces the dissolution of a New England family when their daughter is diagnosed with Turner's Syndrome.
family dissolutionillnesspuberty
Faith
2011 Literary fictionA suburban Boston priest accused of molesting a boy in his parish and its impact on his family.
faithscandalfamily guilt
Heat and Light
2016 Literary fictionExplores the effects of natural gas fracking on the community of Bakerton.
frackingenvironmentcommunity
Mercy Street
2022 Literary fictionFocuses on lives intersecting at a women's clinic in Boston amid abortion debates.
abortionhumanityideology
Bibliography
- Mrs. Kimble
- Baker Towers
- The Condition
- Faith
- Heat and Light
- Zenith Man
- Mercy Street
- Rabbit Moon
- News From Heaven
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist traditionnatural storytellingacute sense of characters' humanity
- Recurring Motifs
- decline of coal townsfamily disintegrationcommunity transformationsocial and environmental issues
Legacy
Jennifer Haigh is a prominent contemporary American novelist acclaimed for her realistic portrayals of Pennsylvania coal country and has received numerous literary awards.
Trivia
- Guggenheim Fellowship recipient in 2018
- Multiple works named Best Books by The New York Times and others