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American fiction writer (born 1984) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony Marra (born 1984) is an American fiction writer. Marra has won numerous awards for his short stories, as well as his first novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, which was a New York Times best seller.[1]
Anthony Marra | |
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Reading at the 2016 Gaithersburg Book Festival | |
| Born | 1984 Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Landon School |
| Alma mater | University of Southern California; Iowa Writers Workshop |
| Genre | Historical fiction, Fiction, Short fiction |
| Notable works | A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Mercury Pictures Presents, The Tsar of Love and Techno |
| Website | |
| anthonymarra | |
Marra was born in Washington, D.C.,[2] attended high school in Bethesda, Maryland, and has lived in Eastern Europe, though he now resides in Oakland, California.[3][4]
Marra attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland[5] before attending the University of Southern California where he earned with bachelor's degree in creative writing.[6] He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Between 2011 and 2013, he was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University,[7] where he also taught as the Jones Lecturer in Fiction.[3]
Marra has also received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation[8] and the National Endowment for the Arts.[2][9]
Marra has contributed pieces to The Atlantic,[10] Narrative Magazine,[11] Granta,[12] The Rumpus,[13] New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.[14]
| Year | Work | Accolade | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Chechnya" | Pushcart Prize | Winner | [8] |
| Narrative Prize | Winner | [8] | ||
| 2012 | Self | Whiting Award | Winner | [15][16] |
| 2013 | A Constellation of Vital Phenomena | California Book Award for First Fiction | Winner | [17] |
| Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | Nominee | [17] | ||
| National Book Award for Fiction | Nominee | [1] | ||
| National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize | Winner | [18] | ||
| Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books | Selection | [19] | ||
| New York Times Notable Book of the Year | Selection | [20] | ||
| 2014 | Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction | Winner | [21][22] | |
| The Athens Prize for Literature - Περιοδικό (δέ)κατα | Winner | [23] | ||
| Carla Furstenberg Cohen Fiction Award | Winner | [18] | ||
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction | Longlist | [24] | ||
| Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction | Finalist | [25] | ||
| Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Debut | Winner | [26] | ||
| Notable Books | Selection | [27] | ||
| PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize | Shortlist | [28] | ||
| Young Lions Fiction Award | Finalist | [29] | ||
| 2015 | International Dublin Literary Award | Longlist | [18] | |
| Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award | Winner | [30][23] | ||
| 2016 | "The Grozny Tourist Bureau" | National Magazine Award for Fiction | Winner | [31] |
| 2017 | The Tsar of Love and Techno: | Literature.gr Phrase of the Year Prize | Winner | [32] |
| Self | Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists | Selection | [33] | |
| 2018 | Self | Simpson Family Literary Prize | Winner | [34] |
| Self | Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize | Finalist | [35] | |
| Self | Jeanette Haien Ballard Writer’s Prize | Winner | [2] |
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