Sherwood Anderson Foundation Writers Award
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2011) Winner
William Lychack
ウィリアム・リチャック
Wiriamu Richakku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Connecticut → Michigan → Pittsburgh
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, university professor, editor
- Active Years
- 1988-2024
- Affiliations
- New England Review, Guideposts Magazine, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, Connecticut College, Lesley University, Phillips Academy, University of Pittsburgh
- Influenced By
- William Styron, Norman Mailer, Francine du Plessix Gray, Renata Adler, Alexander Cockburn, Joe McGinniss, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, Blanche McCrary Boyd
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut College | — | Creative Writing | BA | — | United States |
| University of Michigan | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
Connecticut College
Creative Writing
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1988
Country:
United States
First in family to graduate high school, then attended college.
University of Michigan
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | 受賞 |
| — | Christopher Isherwood Foundation Award | — | — | Christopher Isherwood Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Sherwood Anderson Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Pittsburgh Foundation Grant | — | — | Pittsburgh Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection | — | — | Barnes & Noble | 選出 |
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
受賞
Christopher Isherwood Foundation Award
Organization:
Christopher Isherwood Foundation
Result:
受賞
Sherwood Anderson Award
Result:
受賞
Pittsburgh Foundation Grant
Organization:
Pittsburgh Foundation
Result:
受賞
Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
Organization:
Barnes & Noble
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Wasp Eater
2004 NovelA spare, meticulous novel about a boy's strained relationship with his estranged father, opening out like a poem.
estrangement from fatherfamily losschildhood memories
Cargill Falls
2020 NovelA novel exploring modern family dynamics and loss.
familyloss
The Architect of Flowers
2011 Short story collectionA collection of experimental short stories drawing on autobiographical material.
fragments of lifehuman relationships
Bibliography
- The Wasp Eater
- Cargill Falls
- The Architect of Flowers
- Cement and the Foundations of a Company: The Holnam Cement Plants, Their Histories, and People
- Cargill Falls (short story)
- Brownie Versus Mouse
- Fidelity
- Griswald
- The Lady and the Monk
- In Memory of a Mentor
- Notes Toward a Greater Unbalancing
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimentaluses autobiographical materialpoetic spareness
- Recurring Motifs
- relationship with fatherloss and memoryfamily estrangement
Legacy
Recognized as an experimental writer incorporating autobiographical elements, praised by The New York Times. Currently associate professor at University of Pittsburgh.
Trivia
- First person in his family to graduate high school.
- Estranged from his father, whom he met only twice in his life; father died when Lychack was 10 years old.