PEN/Malamud Award (PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award)
1 appearances
Nathan Englander
ネイサン・イングランダー
Neisan Ingurandā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1970-01-01 （West Hempstead, New York）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Orthodox Judaism
- Residence History
- West Hempstead, New York → Israel → Brooklyn, New York → Madison, Wisconsin → Toronto, Ontario
Career
- Occupations
- short story writer, novelist
- Active Years
- 1999-2024
- Affiliations
- CUNY Hunter College, New York University
- Nominations
- Pulitzer Prize finalist (2012)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamton University | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa | — | Iowa Writers' Workshop | MFA | — | United States |
Binghamton University
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Iowa
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | PEN/Malamud Award | For the Relief of Unbearable Urges | — | PEN | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award | What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank | — | — | 受賞 |
PEN/Malamud Award
2000
Work:
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
Organization:
PEN
Result:
受賞
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
2012
Work:
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2000) Winner
Sophie Brody Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2008) Winner
Works
Major Works
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
1999 short story collectionA collection of short stories about Orthodox Jews struggling with unbearable urges.
Jewish identityreligion vs. modernity
The Ministry of Special Cases
2007 novelA novel set in 1976 Buenos Aires during Argentina's Dirty War.
political oppressionfamily loss
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
2012 short story collectionA collection of stories about contemporary Jewish life.
Holocaust memoryfriendship
Dinner at the Center of the Earth
2017 novelKaddish.com
2019 novelBibliography
- For the Relief of Unbearable Urges (1999)
- The Ministry of Special Cases (2007)
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (2012)
- Dinner at the Center of the Earth (2017)
- Kaddish.com (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricaldark humorconcise prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Orthodox Judaismidentity struggleshistorical shadows
Legacy
Recognized as a major contemporary American Jewish short story writer.
Trivia
- Grew up in an Orthodox Jewish community.
- Lived in Israel for five years in the mid-1990s.