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Andrew Sean Greer
Greer at the Pulitzer Prizes ceremony, 2018
Greer at the Pulitzer Prizes ceremony, 2018
Born(1970-11-21)November 21, 1970(age 53)
Washington D.C.,U.S.
OccupationNovelist
EducationBrown University(BA)
University of Montana(MFA)
GenreFiction
Years active2001–present
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction(2018)
Website
andrewgreer.com

Andrew Sean Greer(born November 21, 1970) is an Americannovelistandshort storywriter.[1]Greer received the 2018Pulitzer Prize for Fictionfor his novelLess.He is the author ofThe Story of a Marriage,whichThe New York Timeshas called an "inspired, lyrical novel", andThe Confessions of Max Tivoli,which was named one of the best books of 2004 by theSan Francisco Chronicle[2]and received a California Book Award.[3]

Biography

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Andrew Sean Greer was born in November 1970, inWashington, D.C.,the child of two scientists.[4]He grew up inRockville, Maryland.He is an identical twin. He graduated fromGeorgetown Day School,andBrown University,where he studied withRobert CooverandEdmund White,and served as commencement speaker.[5]He lives part-time in Italy.[6]

He is the author of six works of fiction.[7]Greer taught atFreie Universität Berlin[8]and theIowa Writers' Workshop.[9]He was a finalist for the Premio von Rezzori for a work translated into Italian,[10]aToday Showpick,[11]a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow,[12]an NEA Fellow,[13]and a judge for theNational Book Award.[14]

Work

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Greer's stories have appeared inEsquire,The Paris Review,The New Yorker,and other national publications. They have been anthologized inThe Book of Other PeopleandThe PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009.

His third book,The Confessions of Max Tivoli,was released in 2004; aNew Yorkerpiece byJohn Updikecalled it "enchanting, in the perfumed, dandified style of disenchantment brought to grandeur by Proust and Nabokov."[15]Mitch AlbomchoseThe Confessions of Max Tivolifor theToday ShowBook Club, and it soon became a bestseller.[16]The story of a man aging backwards, it was inspired by the Bob Dylan song "My Back Pages." It is similar in theme to the Fitzgeraldshort storyand the filmThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button.[citation needed]

Greer's fourth book,The Story of a Marriage,was published in 2008.[17]The New York Timessaid of it: "Mr. Greer seamlessly choreographs an intricate narrative that speaks authentically to the longings and desires of his characters. All the while he never strays from the convincing and steady voice of Pearlie."[18]The Washington Postcalled it "thoughtful, complex and exquisitely written."[19]

The Impossible Lives of Greta Wellswas published in June 2013.[20]

His novelLesswas published in 2017[21]and received the 2018Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.A follow-up,Less is Lost,was published in 2022 and debuted onThe New York TimesBest Sellers list.[22][23]

Awards and prizes

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Bibliography

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Novels

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  • The Path of Minor Planets: A Novel(2001)ISBN9780312275563
  • The Confessions of Max Tivoli(2004)ISBN978-0-312-42381-0
  • The Story of a Marriage(2008)[25]ISBN978-0-312-42828-0
  • The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells(2013)ISBN978-0-062-21378-5
  • Less: A Novel(2017)ISBN9780316316125[26]
  • Less Is Lost(2022)ISBN9780316498906

Short fiction

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Collections
Stories[27]
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected Notes
"It's a summer day" 2017 Greer, Andrew Sean (June 19, 2017)."It's a summer day".The New Yorker.Vol. 93, no. 17. pp. 54–60.

References

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  1. ^Books, Used, New, and Out of Print Books - We Buy and Sell - Powell's."Powell's Books".www.Powells.com.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^Villalon, Oscar (December 12, 2004)."The year's finest".The San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. ^Benson, Heidi (May 16, 2005)."Max Tivoli author wins California Book Award".The San Francisco Chronicle.
  4. ^Greer, Andrew."Andrew Sean Greer Bio".RetrievedMarch 21,2017.
  5. ^Gussow, Mel (March 30, 2004)."A Character In Reverse, An Author In the Clouds".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedJanuary 20,2019.
  6. ^"Rockville Native Andrew Sean Greer on the Local Origins of His Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel".June 2018.
  7. ^Greer, Andrew Sean (June 27, 2017).Less.Little, Brown.ISBN9780316316125.{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help)
  8. ^"Greer, Andrew Sean".www.GeistesWissenschaften.FU-Berlin.de.October 8, 2012.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.
  9. ^"Andrew Sean Greer - Iowa Writers' Workshop - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - The University of Iowa".WritersWorkshop.UIowa.edu.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.
  10. ^"Festival".Festival degli Scrittori - Premio Gregor von Rezzori.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.
  11. ^"Taking 'time' to find your life love".TODAY.April 21, 2004.
  12. ^"Andrew Sean Greer, Julie Orringer, and Lore Segal".The New York Public Library.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.
  13. ^"Andrew Sean Greer - NEA".www.Arts.gov.Archived fromthe originalon April 12, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.
  14. ^"2007 National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, The National Book Foundation".www.NationalBook.org.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.
  15. ^Updike, John (January 26, 2004)."Mind/Body Problems".The New Yorker.
  16. ^George, Lynell (May 11, 2008)."Secrets that live in the Sunset".Los Angeles Times.
  17. ^"The Story of a Marriage".RetrievedMarch 21,2017.
  18. ^Walsh, Kirk (April 23, 2008)."Amid Social Shifts, a Wife of the '50s Tries to Piece Together Her Shattered World".The New York Times.
  19. ^See, Carolyn (May 9, 2008)."What We Do for Love".The Washington Post.
  20. ^"The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells".HarperCollins Publishers.
  21. ^"Lee Boudreaux Books - LESS by Andrew Sean Greer".www.LeeBoudreauxBooks.com.Archived fromthe originalon September 3, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 3,2018.
  22. ^"Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedOctober 5,2022.
  23. ^Alter, Alexandra (September 13, 2022)."His Pulitzer-Winning Comedy Broke the Rules. He's at It Again".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on September 13, 2022.RetrievedNovember 21,2022.
  24. ^"The O. Henry Prize Stories 2009 - Winning Stories",the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories
  25. ^"The Story of a Marriage - Andrew Sean Greer - Macmillan".Macmillan.com.Archived fromthe originalon July 22, 2011.RetrievedJanuary 8,2018.
  26. ^Greer, Andrew Sean (June 27, 2017).Less.Little, Brown.ISBN9780316316149.RetrievedJanuary 8,2018.{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help)
  27. ^Short stories unless otherwise noted.
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