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Encyclopedia > Deborah Eisenberg

Deborah Eisenberg is an American short-story writer, actor and teacher. A short story is a form of short fictional narrative prose. ...

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Biography

Eisenberg grew up in suburban Chicago, Illinois, and moved to New York City, New York in the late 1960s. Her longtime companion is actor-writer Wallace Shawn. As of 2007, she lives in New York City and teaches at the University of Virginia. Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... “New York, NY” redirects here. ... NY redirects here. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Wallace Shawn (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American actor and playwright. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ...


Writing

Eisenberg has written four collections of stories, Transactions in a Foreign Currency (1986), Under the 82nd Airborne (1992), All Around Atlantis (1997), and recently Twilight of the Superheroes (2006). Her first two short story collections were republished in one volume in The Work (So Far) of Deborah Eisenberg (1997).[1]


She has also written a play, Pastorale, which was produced at Second Stage in New York City in 1982. Eisenberg has also written for such magazines as The New Yorker and The Yale Review.[1]


Awards and criticism

Eisenberg was the recipient of the Rea Award for the Short Story in the year 2000, an award granted for significant contribution to the short story form. She has also been the recipient of such awards as a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and three O. Henry Awards. [2] The Rea Award for the Short Story is an annual award given to an American author chosen for unusually significant contributions to American short story fiction. ...


Critic Ben Marcus, reviewing Twilight for The New York Times, called Eisenberg "one of the most important fiction writers now at work."[3] The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...


Notes

  1. ^ a b http://www.reaaward.org/Eisenberg/Eisenberg.html
  2. ^ http://www.engl.virginia.edu/faculty/eisenber.html
  3. ^ http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=179295

 

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