World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Julie Orringer

ジュリー・オリンガー

Julie Orringer

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1973-06-12 （Miami, Florida, United States）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Brooklyn, New York, United States

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, professor
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
New York University (teaches Fiction), Stanford University (Stegner Fellow; Stanford in New York program), Brooklyn College, Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Michigan, Saint Mary's College, California College of the Arts
Nominations
James Tait Black Prize (finalist), Orange Prize for Fiction (longlist/shortlist), Sami Rohr Prize (finalist), Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (finalist), American Library in Paris Book Award (finalist)

Education

Cornell University
College (Bachelor of Arts) / English
Degree: BA
Country: United States
BA in English
Iowa Writers' Workshop (University of Iowa)
Creative Writing (MFA) / Fiction
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
Alumna of the Iowa Writers' Workshop

Awards

Wallant Award
2010
Work: The Invisible Bridge
Organization: University of Hartford (Wallant Prize)
Result: 受賞
Association of Jewish Libraries Award
2020
Work: The Flight Portfolio
Organization: Association of Jewish Libraries
Result: 受賞
National Endowment for the Arts grant
2004
Work: The Invisible Bridge (grant for writing)
Organization: National Endowment for the Arts
Result: 助成
Paris Review Plimpton Prize (Discovery Prize)
Organization: The Paris Review
Result: 受賞
Pushcart Prize
Organization: Pushcart Press
Result: 受賞（複数回）
Northern California Book Award
Work: How to Breathe Underwater
Organization: Northern California Book Awards
Result: 受賞
Cowan Writers' Award (Jewish Community Endowment Fund)
2006
Work: How to Breathe Underwater
Organization: Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

How to Breathe Underwater

2003 short story collection

A collection of nine short stories that examine characters submerged by loss—of parents, lovers, or their place in the world.

lossfamilyidentity

The Invisible Bridge

2010 historical novel / family saga

Follows a young Hungarian-Jewish student who leaves Budapest for Paris in 1937 to study architecture; his love and family are swept up in World War II and the Holocaust.

Holocaustfamily memorysurvival

The Flight Portfolio

2019 historical novel

A novel based on the true story of Varian Fry, an American journalist who went to occupied Europe in 1940 to help rescue Jewish artists and intellectuals fleeing the Holocaust.

rescue effortsresistancememory and testimony
Adaptations
  • [TV series] Transatlantic (2023)

Bibliography

  • How to Breathe Underwater (2003)
  • The Invisible Bridge (2010)
  • The Flight Portfolio (2019)

Adaptations

  • Netflix series 'Transatlantic' (2023) — drama series inspired by The Flight Portfolio

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical and precise psychological characterizationblend of historical fact and fiction
Recurring Motifs
family memoryloss and bereavementexile and displacement

Legacy

Orringer's work, blending family history with Holocaust memory, has been critically acclaimed for its careful character work and historical awareness. Her books have received awards and nominations, and recent adaptations have brought her work into popular culture.

In Popular Culture

  • The Netflix drama 'Transatlantic' (2023), inspired by The Flight Portfolio, brought wider public attention to Orringer's work.

Trivia

  • Married to fellow writer Ryan Harty.
  • The Invisible Bridge draws on her family's experiences during the Holocaust.
  • Alumna of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has taught at multiple universities.