O. Henry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (1974) Winner
Renata Adler
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Renata Adler
Pen Names:
Brett Daniels（Used when working as a book reviewer for Harper's Bazaar）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1937-10-19 （Milan, Italy）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Danbury, Connecticut → Newtown, Connecticut
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, essayist, critic, novelist
- Active Years
- 1962-2024
- Affiliations
- The New Yorker, The New York Times
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Influenced By
- Hannah Arendt, Claude Lévi-Strauss
- Influenced
- Contemporary journalists
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Mawr College | — | philosophy, German literature | Bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) | — | United States |
| Sorbonne (University of Paris) | — | philosophy, linguistics, structuralism | — | — | France |
| Harvard University | — | comparative literature | M.A. | — | United States |
| Yale Law School | — | law | J.D. | — | United States |
Bryn Mawr College
philosophy, German literature
Degree:
Bachelor's degree (summa cum laude)
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
United States
Sorbonne (University of Paris)
philosophy, linguistics, structuralism
Year of Graduation:
1961
Country:
France
Harvard University
comparative literature
Degree:
M.A.
Year of Graduation:
1962
Country:
United States
Yale Law School
law
Degree:
J.D.
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | General Nonfiction | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | fellow |
| 1975 | O. Henry Prize | Brownstone | Best Short Story | — | 1st prize |
| 1976 | PEN/Hemingway Award | Speedboat | Best First Novel | PEN America | winner |
Guggenheim Fellowship
1973
Category:
General Nonfiction
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
fellow
O. Henry Prize
1975
Work:
Brownstone
Category:
Best Short Story
Result:
1st prize
PEN/Hemingway Award
1976
Work:
Speedboat
Category:
Best First Novel
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
National Book Critics Circle Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1976) NomineeWork: Speedboat
The daily life of a young New York journalist, Jen Fain, is rendered through fragmentary observation and a highly mobile style.
Urban details take on sharp contours as fragments accumulate.
178 pagesurban lifejournalismfragmentationself-consciousnessthe 1970s
PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1977) Winner
Works
Major Works
Speedboat
1976 novel 178 pagesA debut novel in fragmentary, collage-like style depicting modern life through snippets of everyday observations.
modern lifeisolationobservation
Pitch Dark
1983 novel 251 pagesAn experimental novel about a woman's flight and relationships.
escaperelationshipsidentity
Bibliography
- Speedboat
- Pitch Dark
- A Year in the Dark: Journal of a Film Critic, 1968–69
- Toward a Radical Middle: Fourteen Pieces of Reporting and Criticism
- Reckless Disregard: Westmoreland v. CBS et al., Sharon v. Time
- Gone: The Last Days of The New Yorker
- Canaries in the Mineshaft: Essays on Politics and the Media
- Irreparable Harm: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Decision that Made George W. Bush President
- After the Tall Timber: Collected Non-Fiction
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fragmentary narrativecollage techniquewit and irony
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of daily lifepolitical insightmedia criticism
Legacy
Influential American author, journalist, and critic known for her long tenure at The New Yorker and innovative novelistic style.
In Popular Culture
- Served as inspiration for Diane Keaton's character Renata in Woody Allen's Interiors.
Trivia
- Born in Milan to German-Jewish parents fleeing Nazi Germany.
- Staff writer at The New Yorker for over 30 years.
- Chief film critic for The New York Times from 1968-1969.