Emily Fridlund | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979-80 (age 44–45)[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.com | |
Emily Fridlund is an author and academic best known for her novel History of Wolves.
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Personal life
Fridlund grew up in Edina, Minnesota.
She has a bachelor's degree from Principia College in Illinois, an MFA in fiction from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California.[1][2]
She currently lives in New York. She is married, and has one child.[1]
Career
Fridlund is an assistant professor at Cornell University in the Department of English.[3]
Fridlund's debut novel, History of Wolves, was a finalist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize (one of six novels to be named to the shortlist) and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction.[4][5] In 2018, History of Wolves won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction.
Her 2017 collection of short stories, Catapult, won the Mary McCarthy Prize.[6][7]
Her creative writing has appeared in many journals including New Orleans Review, Southwest Review, Boston Review and ZYZZYVA.[8]
Books
References
- ^ a b c "Native Minnesotan writer 'didn't expect' to land on Man Booker shortlist". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Gilmartin, Sarah. "History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Emily Fridlund". english.cornell.edu. English Faculty: Cornell Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Ditum, Sarah (2017-02-16). "History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund review – God and grooming". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Grossmann, Mary Ann (2017-09-13). "'History of Wolves' by Edina's Emily Fridlund shortlisted for Man Booker Prize". Pioneer Press. St. Paul, Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Hulbert, Ann (2017-12-12). "The Tales of 'Catapult' Pack a Punch". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Yohannes, Neyat (2017-10-17). "Emily Fridlund's Short Fiction Is Even Weirder Than 'History of Wolves' (Yay!)". Chicago Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Award-winning Fiction Authors Emily Fridlund, Sherry Thomas to Present at Women Writers Event". UKNow. 2018-07-27. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Emily Fridlund (3 January 2017). History of Wolves: A Novel. Grove Atlantic. ISBN 978-0-8021-8977-6. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Emily Fridlund (2017). Catapult: Stories. Sarabande Books. ISBN 978-1-946448-05-7. Archived from the original on 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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