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Sarah Miriam Schulman

サラ・シュルマン

Sara Shuruman

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1958-07-28 (New York City)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
New York City

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Historian, Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist, Activist
Active Years
1984-2025
Affiliations
Northwestern University, New York Institute for the Humanities, College of Staten Island
Memberships
ACT UP, Lesbian Avengers, MIX NYC
Nominations
Multiple Lambda Literary Award nominations

Education

Hunter College High School
High School
Period: 高校時代
Country: United States
Graduated high school
University of Chicago
Period: 1976-1978
Country: United States
Attended but did not graduate
Empire State College
Degree: BA
Country: United States
Bachelor of Arts

Awards

Stonewall Book Award
1989
Work: After Delores
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞
Stonewall Book Award
1998
Work: Stagestruck
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞
Bill Whitehead Award
2018
Organization: Publishing Triangle
Result: 生涯達成賞
Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction
2022
Work: Let the Record Show
Organization: Lambda Literary
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Rat Bohemia

1995 Fiction

A novel depicting lesbian subcultures in New York

LGBTAIDSSocial issues

The Cosmopolitans

2016 Fiction

Named one of the best American novels of 2016

LesbianUrban life

Let the Record Show

2021 Nonfiction

Political history of ACT UP New York 1987-1993

AIDS activismLGBT history

Bibliography

  • The Sophie Horowitz Story (1984)
  • Girls, Visions and Everything (1986)
  • After Delores (1989)
  • People in Trouble (1990)
  • Empathy (1992)
  • Rat Bohemia (1995)
  • Shimmer (1998)
  • The Child (2007)
  • The Mere Future (2009)
  • The Cosmopolitans (2016)
  • Maggie Terry (2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Avant-gardeExperimentalPolitical
Recurring Motifs
Lesbian cultureAIDS crisisGentrification

Legacy

Key figure in LGBTQ+ literature and activism, renowned AIDS historian and multiple award winner.

Trivia

  • Member of ACT UP
  • Co-founder of Lesbian Avengers