Whiting Awards
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Edition 27 (2011) Winner
Teddy Wayne
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Teddy Wayne
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1979-01-01 （United States）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Secular humanism
- Residence History
- New York City → Brooklyn
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Columnist, Author
- Active Years
- 2010-2024
- Affiliations
- The New Yorker, McSweeney's, The New York Times
- Nominations
- Young Lions Fiction Award finalist (2011), PEN/Bingham Prize runner-up (2011), Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist (2011)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | — | Bachelor | ~2001 | United States |
| Washington University in St. Louis | — | Creative Writing | MFA | ~2007 | United States |
Harvard University
Degree:
Bachelor
Period:
~2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
United States
Washington University in St. Louis
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Period:
~2007
Year of Graduation:
2007
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Whiting Award | Kapitoil | — | Whiting Foundation | Winner |
| 2010 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | Fellowship |
Whiting Award
2011
Work:
Kapitoil
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
Winner
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2010
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
Fellowship
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kapitoil
2010 NovelA Qatari computer programmer joins a Wall Street firm and faces moral challenges.
MoralityFinanceImmigration
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine
2013 NovelAbout the public meltdown of a Justin Bieber-like 11-year-old pop star.
CelebrityVulnerabilityChild Stars
Loner
2016 Campus novelA Harvard freshman stalks a female classmate amid toxic masculinity.
Toxic masculinityIsolationStalking
Adaptations
- [TV series] Loner
Apartment
2020 NovelComplicated friendship between two male writers in Columbia's MFA program in 1996.
FriendshipWritersUniversity
The Great Man Theory
2022 NovelThe Winner
2024 NovelA young law student from poor background in Yonkers takes a summer tennis coach job in wealthy Cutters Neck, Massachusetts.
ClassAmbitionTennis
Adaptations
- [Movie] The Winner / Tom Holland (producer)
Bibliography
- Kapitoil (2010), The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013), Loner (2016), Apartment (2020), The Great Man Theory (2022), The Winner (2024), various essays
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalHumorousSharp social observation
- Recurring Motifs
- Celebrity cultureMasculinityClass disparity
Legacy
Acclaimed for satirical novels on contemporary American society, frequent contributor to The New Yorker.
In Popular Culture
- Works adapted for HBO series and Tom Holland's production movie
Trivia
- Raised in secular humanist household with Jewish ancestry
- Married to writer Kate Greathead, two children