O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 93 (2014) Winner
Laura van den Berg
ローラ・ヴァン・デン・バーグ
Rōra Van Den Berugu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1983-05-31 （Florida）
- Nationality
- United States, American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Florida → Cambridge, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Fiction writer, Senior lecturer
- Active Years
- 2009-2024
- Affiliations
- Harvard University English Department
- Nominations
- 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist, 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist, 2019 Young Lions Fiction Award finalist, 2010 The Story Prize longlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollins College | — | — | BA | ~2005 | United States |
| Emerson College | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Rollins College
Degree:
BA
Period:
~2005
Year of Graduation:
2005
Country:
United States
Emerson College
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Rosenthal Family Foundation Award | The Isle of Youth | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
| 2021 | Strauss Livings Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | winner |
| 2021 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | winner |
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award
2014
Work:
The Isle of Youth
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Strauss Livings Award
2021
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2021
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
2009 Short story collectionA collection of short stories involving mythical creatures and disappearances.
DisappearanceMythFantasy
The Isle of Youth
2013 Short story collectionA collection of surreal stories set partly in Cuba.
IdentitySurrealismTravel
Find Me
2015 NovelA woman with amnesia embarks on a cross-country journey.
MemoryPursuitAmerica
The Third Hotel
2018 NovelA woman encounters a man resembling her dead husband in Havana.
DeathHorrorFilm
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears
2020 Short story collectionContemporary stories blending reality and the surreal.
RealitySurrealWomen
State of Paradise
2024 NovelA novel exploring paradise and strange phenomena.
ParadiseAnomaly
Bibliography
- What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us (2009)
- There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights (2012)
- The Isle of Youth (2013)
- Find Me (2015)
- The Third Hotel (2018)
- I Hold a Wolf by the Ears (2020)
- State of Paradise (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SurrealFantasticConcise prose
- Recurring Motifs
- DisappearanceDoublenessThe foreign
Legacy
Contemporary American fiction writer acclaimed for blending reality and fantasy in her short stories.
Trivia
- Married to novelist Paul Yoon.
- Senior lecturer at Harvard University's English Department.