Whiting Awards
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Edition 23 (2007) Winner
Peter Trachtenberg
ピーター・トラクテンベルク
Pītā Torakutenberugu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-01-01
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- United States
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Associate Professor of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 1979-
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh Department of English, Bennington College Writing Seminars
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Lawrence College | — | Literature | — | — | United States |
| City College of New York | — | English | MA | — | United States |
Sarah Lawrence College
Literature
Country:
United States
City College of New York
English
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Ralph Waldo Emerson Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Nelson Algren Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Whiting Award
2007
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
2009
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2010
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Nelson Algren Award
1984
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and its Meaning
2008 Non-fictionExploration of suffering and its meaning.
SufferingMeaning of life
Another Insane Devotion: On the Love of Cats and Persons
2012 MemoirMemoir on love for cats and persons.
LovePets
7 Tattoos: A Memoir in the Flesh
1997 MemoirMemoir through tattoos.
BodyMemory
The Casanova Complex: Compulsive Lovers and Their Women
1988 Non-fictionExamination of compulsive love.
LovePsychology
Torches: A Novel
1979 FictionBibliography
- Torches: A Novel (1979)
- The Casanova Complex: Compulsive Lovers and Their Women (1988)
- 7 Tattoos: A Memoir in the Flesh (1997)
- The Book of Calamities: Five Questions About Suffering and its Meaning (2008)
- Another Insane Devotion: On the Love of Cats and Persons (2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Personal narrative style
- Recurring Motifs
- SufferingLoveBody
Legacy
American writer known for nonfiction and memoirs.
Trivia
- Married writer Mary Gaitskill in 2001; divorced in 2010.