Amina Cain
American writer
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Amina Cain is an American writer, best known for her 2020 novel Indelicacy.
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksIndelicacy
Amina Cain | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Indelicacy |
Writing
Cain began writing in her last year as an undergraduate.[1] Cain lived in Chicago during the mid-2000s and later moved to Los Angeles,[2] where she continues to live as of 2020[update].[3]
Writers who have influenced Cain's work include Lydia Davis.[2] Other writers Cain has expressed an "affinity toward" include Marguerite Duras, Renee Gladman, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, and Kate Zambreno.[2][4]
Honors
Indelicacy was shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize[5][6] and for the 2021 Folio Prize.[7][8]
Bibliography
Novels
- Indelicacy (FSG, 2020) ISBN 978-0374148379
Short story collections
- I Go to Some Hollow (Les Figues Press, 2009) ISBN 978-1-934254-09-7
- Creature (Dorothy, 2013) ISBN 978-0-9844693-8-3
Nonfiction
- A Horse at Night: On Writing (Dorothy, 2022) ISBN 978-1-948980-13-5
