Laura van den Berg
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 van den Berg (2015) | |
| Born | May 1, 1983 |
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| Nationality | American |
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Laura van den Berg is an American fiction writer.[1] Her first two collections of short stories were each shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, in 2010 and 2014.
Biography[]
Laura van den Berg was raised in Florida. She has a BA from Rollins College (2005) and an M.F.A. from Emerson College. Her stories have been published in Conjunctions, American Short Fiction, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train and One Story.
Her first collection of short stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, was published in 2009, and her second collection, The Isle of Youth, was published in 2013.[2][3] A third short story collection, I Hold a Wolf By the Ears, was published in 2020.[4]
Her other books include two novels, Find Me (2015) and The Third Hotel (2018),[5] and a chapbook of flash fiction, There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights (2012).[6]
Van den Berg lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband, Paul Yoon.[7][8]
Awards and honors[]
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- 2010 The Story Prize longlist for What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us[9]
- 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist for What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us[2]
- 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist for The Isle of Youth[3]
- 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters winner for The Isle of Youth[10]
- 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Selected works[]
- What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, Dzanc Books (2009)
- There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights, Origami Zoo Press / Bull City Press, (2012)
- The Isle of Youth, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2013)
- Find Me, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2015), novel
- The Third Hotel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018, ISBN 978-0374168353
- I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020, ISBN 978-0374102098
References[]
- ^ Serber, Natalie. Worst-Laid Plans Laura van den Berg’s ‘Isle of Youth', NYTimes, November 22, 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Flood, Alison (9 July 2010). "US writers dominate Frank O'Connor award shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Alison Flood (13 June 2014). "Frank O'Connor prize shortlist pits 'masters' against first-timers". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ^ "I Hold a Wolf by the Ears". lauravandenberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "About Laura". lauravandenberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "There Will Be No More Good Nights Without Good Nights". lauravandenberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "Laura van den Berg". FSG Originals. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ Sutherland, Amy (August 3, 2017). "Paul Yoon is a big fan of new fiction with a soft spot for classics". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ "TSP: A Long List (That Could Be Even Longer)". TSP. 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "The American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces 2014 Literature Awards Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
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