SFRA Pioneer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2003) Winner
Lance Olsen
ランす・オルセン
Ransu Orusen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1956-10-14 （New Jersey）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Jersey → Madison, Wisconsin → Iowa City, Iowa → Charlottesville, Virginia → Idaho → Salt Lake City, Utah
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 1987-2025
- Affiliations
- University of Utah, University of Idaho, Fiction Collective Two (FC2)
- Nominations
- Philip K. Dick Award Finalist (Tonguing the Zeitgeist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | — | Literature | BA | 1970s | United States |
| Iowa Writers' Workshop | — | Creative Writing | MFA | 1970s-1980s | United States |
| University of Virginia | — | English | MA, PhD | 1980-1985 | United States |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1970s
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United States
Phi Beta Kappa
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Period:
1970s-1980s
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United States
University of Virginia
English
Degree:
MA, PhD
Period:
1980-1985
Year of Graduation:
1985
Country:
United States
MA 1982, PhD 1985
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2006 | N.E.A. Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2025 | Connecticut Artistic Excellence Grant | — | — | CT Office of the Arts | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
2012
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
N.E.A. Fellowship
2006
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2011
Result:
受賞
Connecticut Artistic Excellence Grant
2025
Organization:
CT Office of the Arts
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nietzsche's Kisses
2006 Experimental FictionFictional biography of Nietzsche using historiographic metafiction.
Limits of historical knowledgeExperimental narrative
Translations
- Arabic, Croatian, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Turkish
Bibliography
- Live from Earth (1991)
- Tonguing the Zeitgeist (1994)
- Nietzsche's Kisses (2006)
- Head in Flames (2009)
- Theories of Forgetting (2014)
Translations of Works
- Works translated into Arabic, Croatian, etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ExperimentalLyricalFragmentaryCross-genre
- Recurring Motifs
- Limits of historical knowledgeAvantpopPostmodernismSpeculative fiction
Legacy
American writer known for experimental, lyrical narratives questioning historical limits.
Trivia
- Married to assemblage artist Andi Olsen since 1981.