Emily Fridlundis an author and academic best known for her novelHistory of Wolves.
Emily Fridlund | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979-80 (age 45–46)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Author, professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Principia College(B.A.) Washington University in St. Louis(MFA) University of Southern California(Ph.D) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Main interests | Creative writing, 20th-century and contemporary American and British literature, gender studies |
| Writing career | |
| Notable works | History of Wolves |
| Notable awards | Man Booker Prize(shortlist, 2017) PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction Mary McCarthy Prize |
| Website | |
| emilyfridlundbooks | |
Personal life
editFridlund grew up inEdina, Minnesota.
She has a bachelor's degree fromPrincipia CollegeinIllinois,an MFA in fiction fromWashington University in St. Louis,and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from theUniversity of Southern California.[1][2]
She currently lives in New York. She is married, and has one child.[1]
Career
editFridlund is an assistant professor atCornell Universityin the Department of English.[3]
Fridlund's debut novel,History of Wolves,was a finalist for the 2017Man Booker Prize(one of six novels to be named to the shortlist) and thePEN/Robert W. Bingham Prizefor Debut Fiction.[4][5]In 2018,History of Wolveswon theSue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.
Her 2017 collection of short stories,Catapult,won theMary McCarthy Prize.[6][7]
Her creative writing has appeared in many journals includingNew Orleans Review,Southwest Review,Boston ReviewandZYZZYVA.[8]
Books
editReferences
edit- ^abc"Native Minnesotan writer 'didn't expect' to land on Man Booker shortlist".Star Tribune.18 September 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-03-27.Retrieved2019-03-13.
- ^Gilmartin, Sarah."History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund".The Irish Times.Archivedfrom the original on 2017-10-17.Retrieved2019-03-13.
- ^"Emily Fridlund".english.cornell.edu.English Faculty: Cornell Arts & Sciences.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-03-27.Retrieved2019-03-13.
- ^Ditum, Sarah (2017-02-16)."History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund review – God and grooming".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-03-27.Retrieved2019-03-13.
- ^Grossmann, Mary Ann (2017-09-13)."'History of Wolves' by Edina's Emily Fridlund shortlisted for Man Booker Prize ".Pioneer Press.St. Paul, Minnesota.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-02-03.Retrieved2021-01-26.
- ^Hulbert, Ann (2017-12-12)."The Tales of 'Catapult' Pack a Punch".The Atlantic.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-03-27.Retrieved2019-03-13.
- ^Yohannes, Neyat (2017-10-17)."Emily Fridlund's Short Fiction Is Even Weirder Than 'History of Wolves' (Yay!)".Chicago Review of Books.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-03-10.Retrieved2019-03-13.
- ^"Award-winning Fiction Authors Emily Fridlund, Sherry Thomas to Present at Women Writers Event".UKNow.2018-07-27.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-03-27.Retrieved2019-03-13.
- ^Emily Fridlund (3 January 2017).History of Wolves: A Novel.Grove Atlantic.ISBN978-0-8021-8977-6.Archivedfrom the original on 13 July 2022.Retrieved28 January2021.
- ^Emily Fridlund (2017).Catapult: Stories.Sarabande Books.ISBN978-1-946448-05-7.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-07-13.Retrieved2021-01-28.
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