Anthony Marra
American fiction writer (born 1984)
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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]
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Reading at the 2016 Gaithersburg Book Festival | |
| Born | 1984 (age 41–42) |
| 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, The Tsar of Love and Techno, Mercury Pictures Presents |
| Website | |
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Personal life
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]
Education
Marra attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland[5] before attending the University of Southern California where he earned a bachelor's degree in creative writing.[6] He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' 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]
Writing
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]
Literary awards
| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Chechnya" | Pushcart Prize | — | Winner | [8] |
| Narrative Prize | — | Winner | [8] | ||
| 2012 | — | Whiting Award | — | Winner | [15][16] |
| 2013 | A Constellation of Vital Phenomena | Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award | Fiction | Winner | [17][18] |
| California Book Award | First Fiction | Winner | [19] | ||
| Goodreads Choice Award | Fiction | Nominee | [19] | ||
| National Book Award | Fiction | Nominee | [1] | ||
| National Book Critics Circle Award | John Leonard Prize | Winner | [20] | ||
| Booklist Editors' Choice | Adult Books | Selection | [21] | ||
| New York Times Notable Book of the Year | — | Selection | [22] | ||
| 2014 | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence | Fiction | Longlist | [23] | |
| Anisfield-Wolf Book Award | Fiction | Winner | [24][25] | ||
| The Athens Prize for Literature | Περιοδικό (δέ)κατα | Winner | [18] | ||
| Booklist's Notable Books | — | Selection | [26] | ||
| Carla Furstenberg Cohen Fiction Award | Fiction | Winner | [20] | ||
| Dayton Literary Peace Prize | Fiction | Finalist | [27] | ||
| Indies Choice Book Award | Adult Debut | Winner | [28] | ||
| PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize | — | Shortlist | [29] | ||
| Young Lions Fiction Award | — | Finalist | [30] | ||
| 2015 | International Dublin Literary Award | — | Longlist | [20] | |
| 2016 | "The Grozny Tourist Bureau" | National Magazine Award | Fiction | Winner | [31] |
| 2017 | — | Granta's Best of Young American Novelists | — | Selection | [32] |
| The Tsar of Love and Techno | Literature.gr Phrase of the Year Prize | — | Winner | [33] | |
| 2018 | Simpson Family Literary Prize | — | Winner | [34] | |
| [when?] | Self | Jeanette Haien Ballard Writer's Prize | — | Winner | [2] |
Bibliography
Books
- —— (2013). A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (hardcover 1st ed.). Random House. ISBN 9780770436407.
- —— (2015). The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories (hardcover 1st ed.). Hogarth Press. ISBN 9780770436438.
- —— (2022). Mercury Pictures Presents (hardcover 1st ed.). Hogarth Press. ISBN 9781399804400.
Short stories
- —— (Fall 2009). "Chechnya". Narrative Magazine.
- —— (May 31, 2012). "The Wolves of Bilaya Forest". The Atlantic.
- —— (April 25, 2017). "Lipari". Granta.
Essays
- —— (July 7, 2011). "Giving Up". The Rumpus.
- —— (May 7, 2013). "When a Sentence Changes Your Life—Then Changes Its Own Meaning". The Atlantic.
Contributions
- xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, published September 24, 2013 by Penguin Books
- The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016, published October 4, 2016 by Mariner Books