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Lynn Freed

リン・フリード

Rin Furīdo

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1945-07-18 （Durban）
Died
2025-05-09 （Sonoma, California） age 79
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
English
Residence History
Durban, South Africa → New York City, USA → San Francisco, USA → Sonoma, California, USA

Career

Occupations
novelist, essayist, short story writer, professor of English
Active Years
1982-2025
Affiliations
University of California, Davis

Education

University of Witwatersrand
Literature
Degree: BA
Country: South Africa
Columbia University
English literature
Degree: PhD, MA
Country: United States

Awards

Katherine Anne Porter Award
2002
Category: fiction
Organization: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result: 受賞
O. Henry Award
2011
Work: Sunshine
Category: short story
Organization: PEN America
Result: 受賞
O. Henry Award
2015
Work: The Way Things Are Going
Category: short story
Organization: PEN America
Result: 受賞
Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award
1986
Work: Home Ground
Category: fiction
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Friends of the Family

1982 novel

A story of family set in South Africa.

familyexile

Home Ground

1986 novel

The Bungalow

1993 novel

The Mirror

1997 novel

House of Women

2002 novel

The Curse of the Appropriate Man

2004 short stories

Reading, Writing and Leaving Home

2005 essays

The Servants' Quarters

2009 novel

The Last Laugh

2017 novel

The Romance of Elsewhere

2017 essays

Bibliography

  • Friends of the Family (1982)
  • Home Ground (1986)
  • The Bungalow (1993)
  • The Mirror (1997)
  • House of Women (2002)
  • The Curse of the Appropriate Man (2004)
  • Reading, Writing & Leaving Home (2005)
  • The Servants' Quarters (2009)
  • The Last Laugh (2017)
  • The Romance of Elsewhere (2017)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorousbrilliantdark wisdom
Recurring Motifs
exilefamilywomen's perspective

Health

  • lymphoma
    晩年
    cause of death

Legacy

South African-born writer known for novels, essays, and short stories, recipient of numerous awards including the Katherine Anne Porter Award.

Quotes

  • a beautiful writer, dead-on brilliant, rich in humor, possessing a dark and comforting wisdom.
    Source: Anne Lamott

Trivia

  • Daughter named Jessica Gamsu.
  • First novel Heart Change republished as Friends of the Family.