Whiting Awards
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Edition 16 (2000) Winner
Robert Cohen
ロバート・コーヘン
Robāto Kōen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957 （United States）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Westfield, New Jersey
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short fiction writer, lecturer
- Active Years
- 1988-2022
- Affiliations
- Middlebury College, Harvard University, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Rice University, University of Houston, SUNY Stony Brook
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
University of California, Berkeley
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Pushcart Prize | — | — | Pushcart Prize | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Harold U. Ribalow Prize | The Here and Now | 最優秀ユダヤ人小説 | — | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Award | — | — | Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund | 受賞 |
Pushcart Prize
1987
Organization:
Pushcart Prize
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
2000
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Harold U. Ribalow Prize
1996
Work:
The Here and Now
Category:
最優秀ユダヤ人小説
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2003
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Award
Organization:
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Organ Builder
1988 novelan intimate, stunningly written portrait of a man and his reluctant confrontation with the past … all narrated in a voice that often approaches sheer poetry.
confrontation with the past
The Here and Now
1996 novelExploration of contemporary identity.
contemporary identitytranscendence
Inspired Sleep
2001 novela sparkling comic novel of postmodern pathologies.
postmodern pathologiesbiomechanistic age
The Varieties of Romantic Experience
2002 short storiesA collection of stories about romantic experiences.
romantic experiencerelationships
Amateur Barbarians
2009 novelNovel about amateur barbarians.
identity
Going to the Tigers: Essays and Exhortations
2022 essaysEssays and exhortations.
Bibliography
- The Organ Builder
- The Here and Now
- Inspired Sleep
- The Varieties of Romantic Experience
- Amateur Barbarians
- Going to the Tigers: Essays and Exhortations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- wild and ingeniousformidableruefully funnysheer poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- contemporary identitytranscendence
Legacy
American novelist and short fiction writer praised as 'wild and ingenious' by The New York Times, 'formidable' by The Atlantic Monthly, and 'ruefully funny' by the San Francisco Chronicle. Currently teaches at Middlebury College.
Quotes
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Sentence by sentence, Robert Cohen is perhaps the best prose stylist of any American novelist now writing.
Source: A Commonplace Blog (DG Meyers)
Trivia
- Grew up in Westfield, New Jersey.