Hanna Pylväinen
Hanna Pylväinen is an American novelist and educator. She is on the faculty at the Warren Wilson College MFA for Writers. She was formerly an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU).
Life[]
Hanna Pylväinen grew up in suburban Detroit. Her family belonged to a conservative Finnish Lutheran church, a sect called Laestadianism.[1] Pylväinen attended Mount Holyoke College and received a BA degree in 2007,[2] and she received a MFA degree from the University of Michigan.
Her strict religious upbringing inspired her first novel, We Sinners, which follows the individual members of a large religious family as they grapple with their faith.[1][3] Her writing has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.[4]
Awards and honors[]
- 2012, Whiting Award[3]
- 2014–2015, Princeton Arts Fellow
Work[]
- Pylvainen, Hanna (2007). Unbelieving: A Memoir. Mount Holyoke College.
- Pylväinen, Hanna (2012). We Sinners: A Novel. New York City, New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-80509-533-3.
References[]
- ^ a b "Faith, Family And Forgiveness In 'We Sinners'". NPR.org. 23 August 2012.
- ^ "Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly Winter 2013". Issuu. Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College. 2013. p. 37. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Williams, John (2012-10-23). "4 Playwrights Among Winners of 2012 Whiting Awards". ArtsBeat, The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Hanna Pylväinen". Lewis Center for the Arts.
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