PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2023) Nominee
Jonathan Escoffery
ジョナサン・エスコフェリー
Jonasan Esukofērī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Houston, Texas
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Houston, Texas → Miami, Florida → Boston, Massachusetts → Stanford, California
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist
- Active Years
- 2020-2024
- Affiliations
- Grubstreet, Stanford University Stegner Fellow
- Influenced By
- Sandra Cisneros, Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida International University | — | Literature | BA | — | United States |
| University of Minnesota | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
| University of Southern California | — | Literature | Ph.D. candidate | — | United States |
Florida International University
Literature
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Minnesota
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
University of Southern California
Literature
Degree:
Ph.D. candidate
Country:
United States
Ph.D. candidate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Plimpton Prize | Under the Ackee Tree | — | The Paris Review | Won |
| 2022 | National Book Award | If I Survive You | Fiction | National Book Foundation | Longlist |
| 2022 | Booklist Editors' Choice | If I Survive You | — | Booklist | Selected |
| 2023 | Booker Prize | If I Survive You | — | — | Shortlisted |
| 2023 | PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | If I Survive You | — | PEN/Faulkner Foundation | Shortlisted |
| 2022 | National Book Critics Circle Award John Leonard Prize | If I Survive You | — | National Book Critics Circle | Shortlisted |
Plimpton Prize
2020
Work:
Under the Ackee Tree
Organization:
The Paris Review
Result:
Won
National Book Award
2022
Work:
If I Survive You
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Longlist
Booklist Editors' Choice
2022
Work:
If I Survive You
Organization:
Booklist
Result:
Selected
Booker Prize
2023
Work:
If I Survive You
Result:
Shortlisted
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
2023
Work:
If I Survive You
Organization:
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Result:
Shortlisted
National Book Critics Circle Award John Leonard Prize
2022
Work:
If I Survive You
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
Shortlisted
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
If I Survive You
2022 Short story collectionA collection of stories exploring the immigrant experience, identity, and family dynamics of a Jamaican family in America.
immigrant experienceidentityfamilypoverty
Bibliography
- If I Survive You
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- humorous narrative styleexploration of identity
- Recurring Motifs
- immigrant strugglesgenerational conflict
Legacy
His debut novel If I Survive You received critical acclaim and was shortlisted for major awards like the Booker Prize, establishing him as a rising star in immigrant literature.
Trivia
- Born in Houston, Texas, to Jamaican parents and raised in Miami, Florida.
- Worked as program coordinator for Grubstreet in Boston, where he started the Boston Writers of Color group.