Harlan Greene
American writer and historian
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Harlan Greene (born June 19, 1953) is an American writer and historian. He has published both fiction and non-fiction works. He won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction for his 1991 novel What the Dead Remember.
- Novelist
- historian
- archivist
Harlan Greene | |
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| Born | June 19, 1953 |
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| Writing career | |
| Period | 1980s–present |
| Notable works | What the Dead Remember, The German Officer's Boy |
Early life
Born in 1953 in Charleston, South Carolina,[1][2] Greene's parents were Holocaust survivors who moved to Charleston after World War II.[3]
Career
Greene is an author and historian.[3][4] He has published both fiction and non-fiction works.[4] He won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction for his 1991 novel What the Dead Remember,[2] and was nominated for the same award for his 2005 novel The German Officer's Boy.[5]
In addition to his writing, Greene has worked as an archivist for the College of Charleston,[6] including collecting materials relating to Jewish history in the Charleston region.[3]
Personal life
Openly gay, Greene spent several years living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in early adulthood, with his then-partner Olin Jolley.[7][3] Greene and Jolley are featured in the anthology Two Hearts Desire: Gay Couples on their Love, originally published in 1997, and republished in digital format in 2017.[8] Greene now lives in Charleston with his partner Jonathan Ray.[3]
Works
Fiction
- Why We Never Danced the Charleston (1985, 978–0140082180)
- What the Dead Remember (1991, ISBN 978-0452268654)
- The German Officer's Boy (2005, ISBN 978-0299208103)
Non-fiction
- Charleston: City of Memory (1987, ISBN 978-0933101111)
- Mr. Skylark: John Bennett and the Charleston Renaissance (2001, ISBN 978-0820322117)
- Renaissance in Charleston: Art and Life in the Carolina Low Country, 1900-1940 (2003, ISBN 978-0820325187)
- Slave Badges and the Slave-Hire System in Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-1865 (2004, ISBN 978-0786417292)
- Cornices of Charleston (2005, ISBN 978-0976717119)
- The Damned Don't Cry -- They Just Disappear: The Life and Works of Harry Hervey (2018, ISBN 9781611178128)
