Nell Freudenberger (born April 21, 1975 in New York City) is an American novelist, essayist, and short-story writer.
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| Born | May 21, 1975 New York City, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA), New York University (MFA) |
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Education
editFreudenberger graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts[1] and received a Master of Fine Arts from New York University.[2]
Career
editFiction
editFreudenberger's fiction has appeared in Granta, The Paris Review and The New Yorker.[3][4] After her collection Lucky Girls was published in 2003, she received the PEN/Malamud Award, a short story prize sponsored by PEN International. When Freudenberger's novel The Dissident appeared in 2006, she received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction.
In June 2010, Freudenberger was featured along with fellow writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Karen Russell, ZZ Packer, and Gary Shteyngart in The New Yorker's "20 Under 40 Fiction" issue. Per the magazine, these authors represented "Twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction."[5] The list received widespread media attention.[6][7] She had a MacDowell Fellowship in 2001, 2002, and 2023.
Journalism
editFreudenberger's travel writing has been published in Travel + Leisure, Salon, The New Yorker, and The Telegraph Magazine. She has written book reviews for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue and The Nation.[8]
Personal life
editFreudenberger is married and has two children. The family lives in Brooklyn.[9]
Awards
edit- 2010 The New Yorker, "20 Under 40" Fiction Issue
- 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship[10]
- 2006 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for The Dissident[11]
- 2005 Whiting Award for fiction[12]
- 2004 PEN/Malamud Award for Lucky Girls[13]
Works
editBooks
edit- Lucky Girls: Stories. New York: Ecco. 2003. ISBN 978-0-06-008879-8.
- The Dissident. New York: Ecco. 2006. ISBN 978-0-06-075871-4.
- The Newlyweds. New York: Knopf. 2012. ISBN 978-0307268846.
- Lost and Wanted. New York: Knopf. 2019. ISBN 978-0385352680.[14]
- The Limits. New York: Knopf. 2024-04-09. ISBN 978-0-593-44888-5.[15][16][17][18]
Short stories and essays
edit- "The Tutor". Granta (82: Life's Like That). Summer 2003. ISBN 978-1-929001-12-5.
- "God and Me". Granta (93: God's Own Countries). Spring 2006. ISBN 978-1-929-00123-1.
- Jack, Ian (Autumn 2007). "The Virgin of Esmeraldas". Granta (99: What Happened Next). ISBN 978-1-929-00129-3.
- Freudenberger, Nell (Winter 2013). "Hover". The Paris Review. Winter 2013 (207).
- Freudenberger, Nell (August 2015). "House of Fire". Harper's. August 2015.
References
edit- ^ "Too young, too pretty, too successful". Salon.com. September 4, 2003. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006.
- ^ "Nell Freudenberger". gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2". Granta. Archived from the original on May 8, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ^ "Nell Freudenberger". The New Yorker.
- ^ "20 Under 40 Fiction". newyorker.com. June 7, 2010.
- ^ Bosman, Julie (June 3, 2010). "20 Young Writers Earn the Envy of Many Others". The New York Times. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Paskin, Willa (June 2, 2010). "The New Yorker Names Its Twenty Best Writers Under 40". New York Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Bios of 2005 Whiting Writers' Award Recipients - Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9-20-06
- ^ "Nell Freudenberger". Ralph Lauren Magazine.
- ^ "Nell Freudenberger". gf.org. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
During her Guggenheim Fellowship term, she will be working on her second novel, tentatively titled The Newlyweds.
- ^ "Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize". sas.rochester.edu. Susan B. Anthony Institute. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Nell Freudenberger". whiting.org. The Whiting Foundation. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "The PEN/Malamud Award". penfaulkner.org. PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Nell Freudenberger, Lost and Wanted". Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Finch, Charles (2024-04-09). "Two Women, United by Climate Change and the Man They Both Married". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Bobrow, Emily. "'The Limits' Review: Nell Freudenberger's Covid Tale". WSJ. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Gilman, Priscilla (April 30, 2024). "Nell Freudenberger tests 'The Limits' of ambition, empathy, and knowledge in a story centered around a missing girl - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ Golay, Beth (April 9, 2024). "Nell Freudenberger on her new novel, 'The Limits'".
External links
edit- Profile at The Whiting Foundation
- "20 Under 40: Q. & A.: Nell Freudenberger". The New Yorker. June 14, 2010.
- The Dissident Reviews & Scores at Metacritic.com
- "Nell Freudenberger", Charlie Rose