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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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 | |
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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 |
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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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