Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1 appearances
Molly Giles
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Molly Giles
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1942 （United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- San Francisco (formerly taught at San Francisco State University) → Arkansas (faculty at the University of Arkansas)
Career
- Occupations
- short story writer, novelist, professor
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- University of Arkansas (faculty), San Francisco State University (former faculty)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | Rough Translations | — | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize | Wife With Knife | — | Leapfrog Press | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Pushcart Prize | Bad Dog | — | Pushcart Prize | 受賞 |
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Work:
Rough Translations
Organization:
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Result:
受賞
Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize
2020
Work:
Wife With Knife
Organization:
Leapfrog Press
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2022
Work:
Bad Dog
Organization:
Pushcart Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Creek Walk and Other Stories
1997 short story collectionA collection of short stories portraying fragments of everyday life, focusing on characters' inner lives and everyday ironies.
everyday lifecharacter studyrelationships
Translations
- Translated into Spanish
Iron Shoes
2000 novelA novel mixing tragicomic elements that explores the contradictions and lives of its characters.
tragicomedyidentity
The Home for Unwed Husbands
2023 novelA contemporary novel that reexamines relationships and family dynamics (published 2023).
familymarriagesocial norms
Rough Translations
short story collectionShort story collection that won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
characterseveryday tensions
Wife With Knife
2020 short story collectionA collection of short stories that won the Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize Contest in 2020.
marital relationshipsviolence and humor
Bibliography
- Creek Walk and Other Stories (1997)
- Iron Shoes (2000)
- Rough Translations
- Wife With Knife (2020)
- The Home for Unwed Husbands (2023)
Translations of Works
- Short stories translated into Spanish
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, observational proseuse of humor and irony
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of everyday lifeinternal conflictsfamily and marital relationships
Legacy
Molly Giles is recognized for her short fiction capturing character detail and everyday subtleties, has won multiple literary prizes, and has had a long career in university teaching, contributing to contemporary American short fiction.
Trivia
- Her collection Rough Translations won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
- Wife With Knife won the Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize Contest in 2020.
- The short story "Bad Dog" won a Pushcart Prize in 2022.
- Some of her short stories have been translated into Spanish.
- She has taught at San Francisco State University and the University of Arkansas.