RUSA awards
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2023) Winner
Michael Frank
マイケル・フランク
Maikeru Furanku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Los Angeles
Career
- Occupations
- writer, fiction writer, nonfiction writer, book reviewer
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- Los Angeles Times Book Review
- Nominations
- Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize shortlist, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature finalist
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize | The Mighty Franks | — | Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize | winner |
| 2020 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | fellow |
| 2022 | National Jewish Book Award | One Hundred Saturdays | Holocaust Memoir | Jewish Book Council | winner |
| 2022 | National Jewish Book Award | One Hundred Saturdays | Sephardic Culture | Jewish Book Council | winner |
| 2023 | Sophie Brody Medal | One Hundred Saturdays | Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Literature | American Library Association | winner |
Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
2018
Work:
The Mighty Franks
Organization:
Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
Result:
winner
Guggenheim Fellowship
2020
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
fellow
National Jewish Book Award
2022
Work:
One Hundred Saturdays
Category:
Holocaust Memoir
Organization:
Jewish Book Council
Result:
winner
National Jewish Book Award
2022
Work:
One Hundred Saturdays
Category:
Sephardic Culture
Organization:
Jewish Book Council
Result:
winner
Sophie Brody Medal
2023
Work:
One Hundred Saturdays
Category:
Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Literature
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Sophie Brody Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2023) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Mighty Franks
2018 memoirMemoir describing his troubled relationship with his aunt and uncle, the husband-and-wife screenwriting team Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch.
family dynamicsJewish heritageHollywood
What is Missing
2020 novelA penetrating examination of how a life can be defined by contingency and surprise.
contingencysurpriseloss
One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
2022 nonfictionStory of a six-year-long encounter with Stella Levi, one of the last survivors of the Sephardic Jewish community of Rhodes' Juderia, featuring paintings by Maira Kalman.
HolocaustSephardic Jewsmemorylost world
Bibliography
- The Mighty Franks (2018)
- What is Missing (2020)
- One Hundred Saturdays (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Proustian acuityrazor-sharp prose
- Recurring Motifs
- family dramasJewish identity
Legacy
American writer of fiction and nonfiction, acclaimed for works exploring Jewish themes and family dynamics, recipient of multiple literary prizes.