Aaron Hamburger
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Aaron Hamburger (born 1973) is an American writer best known for his short story collection The View from Stalin's Head (2004) and novels Faith for Beginners (2005) and Nirvana Is Here (2019).
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Hamburger went to college at the University of Michigan (BA 1995) and then spent a year abroad teaching English in Prague, Czech Republic, the setting for his first book of stories, primarily about the lives of expatriates after the end of the Cold War. The View from Stalin's Head was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome. His next book, Faith for Beginners, is a novel about a dysfunctional family vacation in Jerusalem, and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.[1] His novel Nirvana Is Here was published in 2019 and won a Bronze Medal in the 2019 Forewords Indie Awards.[2]
Hamburger's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Tin House, O, the Oprah Magazine, Subtropics, Crazyhorse, Boulevard, Tablet, The Village Voice,[3] Out, Poets and Writers, Details, Nerve,[4] and Time Out New York.[5] He has won fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation and first place in the David J. Dornstein Contest for Young Jewish Writers. He has taught writing at Columbia University, the George Washington University, the Stonecoast MFA Program, and American Language Institute (New York University).[6]
References
- ^ "Aaron Hamburger.com/Bio". Aaronhamburger.com. 2013-01-21. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "2019 Foreword INDIES Winners in LGBTQ+ (Adult Fiction)".
- ^ "The Village Voice, Aaron Hamburger". Villagevoice.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "Nerve Magazine, "Fiction:Experiment", April 27, 2000". Nerve.com. 2000-04-27. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "University of Southern Maine, "Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing"". Archived from the original on May 19, 2010. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "Columbia Faculty:Aaron Hamburger". Archived from the original on March 31, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
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