Oregon Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2021) Winner
Vanessa Veselka
ヴァネッサ・ヴェセルカ
Vanessa Veselka
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1969-03-14
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Portland, Oregon
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2010-2024
- Nominations
- National Book Award Longlist (2020), Ken Kesey Award Nomination
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed College | — | paleontology | — | — | United States |
Reed College
paleontology
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oregon Book Award | The Great Offshore Grounds | — | Literary Arts | winner |
| 2012 | PEN/Robert Bingham Prize | Zazen | — | PEN America | winner |
Oregon Book Award
2021
Work:
The Great Offshore Grounds
Organization:
Literary Arts
Result:
winner
PEN/Robert Bingham Prize
2012
Work:
Zazen
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Zazen
2011 NovelA debut novel set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Buddhist concernsTransience of identity
The Great Offshore Grounds
2020 NovelA novel intertwining family saga with geological themes.
GeologyFamilyAmerican society
Bibliography
- Zazen (2011)
- The Great Offshore Grounds (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fiction involving Buddhist concernsGeological themes
- Recurring Motifs
- Women and violenceRoad narrativesMental health
Legacy
Known as an American novelist with award-winning works Zazen and The Great Offshore Grounds.
Trivia
- Daughter of broadcaster Linda Ellerbee
- Teenage runaway
- Former sex-worker
- Union organizer
- Studied paleontology
- Played in bands Bell and The Pinkos in the 1990s and ran a record label