Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1 appearances
Nancy Zafris
ナンシー・ザフリス
Nancy Zafris
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Died
- 2021-08-01 （Columbus, Ohio, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, university instructor, editor
- Active Years
- 1980-2021
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh, Centre College, Ohio State University, Masaryk University, Kenyon Review (fiction editor)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | National Endowment for the Arts grant | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受給 |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts grant (two-time) | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受給 |
| 1990 | Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction | The People I Know | — | University of Georgia Press | 受賞 |
National Endowment for the Arts grant
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受給
National Endowment for the Arts grant (two-time)
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受給
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
1990
Work:
The People I Know
Organization:
University of Georgia Press
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The People I Know
1990 short story collectionA collection of short stories set largely in the American Midwest, exploring everyday details and interpersonal dynamics to portray loneliness and connection.
familyMidwestern lifelonelinessrelationships
The Metal Shredders
2002 short fiction / novelStories focused on labor and everyday life, depicting people's choices around work and the consequences that follow.
workeconomycommunity
Lucky Strike
2005 novel / short fictionExplores how personal choices and chance become woven into people's lives; focuses on the interplay between inner life and external circumstances.
chancefatepersonal choice
The Home Jar
2013 short story collectionA collection of stories about home and memory, presenting narratives that treat home as a vessel and explore preserved recollections.
homememoryloss
Black Road
2023 short fiction / posthumousA posthumously published collection of stories addressing life and death and confronting the past with quiet intensity.
death and lossthe pastrenewal
Bibliography
- The People I Know, University of Georgia Press, 1990
- The Metal Shredders, BlueHen Books, 2002
- Lucky Strike, Unbridled Books, 2005
- The Home Jar, Northern Illinois University Press, 2013
- Black Road (posthumous), Unbridled Books, 2023
- "Travel", SmokeLong Quarterly
- "After Lunch", Prairie Schooner (Winter 2007)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained proserealismattention to detail
- Recurring Motifs
- Midwestern landscapeshome and memorywork and laborloss
Legacy
Nancy Zafris left a body of short fiction and novels notable for delicate portrayals of Midwestern life. As fiction editor of the Kenyon Review and series editor for the Flannery O'Connor Award, she helped discover and support emerging writers, and influenced many students as a teacher.
Trivia
- Won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (1990)
- Two-time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts grants
- Senior Fulbright Fellow
- Served as fiction editor for the Kenyon Review