Casey Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1999) Winner
Neal Karlen
ニール・カーレン
Nīru Kāren
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-00-00 （Minneapolis, Minnesota）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Yiddish
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, memoirist, author
- Active Years
- 1985-2024
- Affiliations
- Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, The Washington Post, CBS News
- Memberships
- Phi Beta Kappa
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Park High School | — | — | High School Diploma | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | History | 学士（magna cum laude） | — | United States |
St. Louis Park High School
Degree:
High School Diploma
Year of Graduation:
1977
Country:
United States
Brown University
History
Degree:
学士（magna cum laude）
Year of Graduation:
1981
Country:
United States
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, won the American Historical Society Prize for his senior thesis
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | CASEY Award | Slouching Toward Fargo | — | — | winner |
CASEY Award
1999
Work:
Slouching Toward Fargo
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
This Thing Called Life: Prince's Odyssey On + Off the Record
2020 BiographyA biography detailing Prince's life and the author's decades-long friendship. Praised by Publishers Weekly as one of the top ten biographies of 2020 and by the Star Tribune as the most telling book about Prince.
friendshipmusicPrince
Slouching Toward Fargo
1999 Non-fictionA two-year saga following the St. Paul Saints minor league baseball team featuring Bill Murray, Darryl Strawberry, and others.
baseballMinnesotacelebrity
Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-loathing Jew
2004 MemoirA memoir exploring the author's experiences with Jewish self-loathing and assimilation.
Jewish identityself-loathing
Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip
2013 Non-fictionExplores the intersection of politics and organized crime in 1930s Minneapolis.
crimeMinnesota history
Bibliography
- Take My Life, Please!
- The Babe in Boyland
- Babes in Toyland
- Jen-X: Jenny McCarthy's Open Book
- Slouching Toward Fargo
- Shanda
- The Story of Yiddish
- Augie’s Secrets
- This Thing Called Life
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- personal narrativehumorousjournalistic
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish cultureMinnesotamusicsportscelebrity
Legacy
American journalist and author known for his Prince biography, Minnesota mob history, and contributions to Rolling Stone, The New York Times, and others. Recipient of the CASEY Award.
In Popular Culture
- Prominently featured in Netflix film The Saint of Second Chances
- Portrayed as Prince's confidant in ITV's The Prince Story
Trivia
- Longtime confidant and biographer of Prince.
- Grew up in and currently lives in Minneapolis.
- Graduated magna cum laude from Brown University.