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Rachel Kushner
レイチェル・クシュナー
Reicheru Kushunā
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1968-10-07 （Eugene, Oregon）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Eugene, Oregon → San Francisco, California → Los Angeles, California
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist
- Active Years
- 1996-2025
- Influenced By
- Don DeLillo
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | — | Political Economy | BA | 1984頃-1990頃 | United States |
| Columbia University | — | Fiction Writing | MFA | 1994-2000 | United States |
University of California, Berkeley
Political Economy
Degree:
BA
Period:
1984頃-1990頃
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
Emphasis on US foreign policy in Latin America
Columbia University
Fiction Writing
Degree:
MFA
Period:
1994-2000
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
United States
Studied under Jonathan Franzen et al.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | National Book Award | Telex from Cuba | Fiction | National Book Foundation | Shortlisted |
| 2013 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Flamethrowers | Fiction | — | Shortlisted |
| 2013 | National Book Award | The Flamethrowers | Fiction | National Book Foundation | Shortlisted |
| 2014 | Women's Prize for Fiction | The Flamethrowers | — | — | Longlisted |
| 2018 | Prix Médicis | The Mars Room | Étranger | — | Won |
| 2018 | Man Booker Prize | The Mars Room | — | — | Shortlisted |
| 2024 | Booker Prize | Creation Lake | — | — | Shortlisted |
National Book Award
2008
Work:
Telex from Cuba
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Shortlisted
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2013
Work:
The Flamethrowers
Category:
Fiction
Result:
Shortlisted
National Book Award
2013
Work:
The Flamethrowers
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
National Book Foundation
Result:
Shortlisted
Women's Prize for Fiction
2014
Work:
The Flamethrowers
Result:
Longlisted
Prix Médicis
2018
Work:
The Mars Room
Category:
Étranger
Result:
Won
Man Booker Prize
2018
Work:
The Mars Room
Result:
Shortlisted
Booker Prize
2024
Work:
Creation Lake
Result:
Shortlisted
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Telex from Cuba
2008 Literary fictionStory of an American family in pre-revolutionary Cuba, exploring causes of the revolution.
RevolutionColonialismHuman nature
The Flamethrowers
2013 Literary fictionDepicts 1970s New York art scene and Italian underground.
ArtRebellionYouth
The Mars Room
2018 Literary fictionLife in a women's prison.
PrisonJusticeSociety
Creation Lake
2024 Literary fictionStory involving spies and eco-activists.
EspionageEnvironmentModern society
Bibliography
- Telex from Cuba (2008)
- The Flamethrowers (2013)
- The Strange Case of Rachel K (2015)
- The Mars Room (2018)
- The Mayor of Leipzig (2021)
- The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000–2020 (2021)
- Creation Lake (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Blazing proseMulti-layered narrativeVibrantly alive stories
- Recurring Motifs
- RebellionArtSocial justice
Legacy
Multiple finalist for National Book Award and Booker Prize. Important contemporary writer.
Trivia
- At age 5, worked alphabetizing books at a feminist bookstore.
- Parents were deeply unconventional beatnik-generation scientists.