Vincent Czyz
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Vincent Czyz | |
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| Born | b. 1963 New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
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| Genre | Novel, Short Story, Essay, Criticism |
| Subject | Literary Fiction |
| Literary movement | Postmodernism |
Vincent Czyz (/ˈtʃɛz/ Chez; born 1963) is an American writer and critic of Literary fiction. His work often explores mythological motifs, religious themes, and dreams as a substrate of reality.[1]
Vincent Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey and raised in nearby East Orange.[2] He graduated in 1981 as the salutatorian of his class at Lakeland Regional High School.[3]
He received a B.A. from the Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, an M.A. from Columbia University, and an M.F.A. from Rutgers-Newark. He lived in Istanbul, Turkey for seven years, teaching English at several Turkish universities. He also taught creative writing at The College of New Jersey.[4] He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey with his wife, Neslihan, and their son.[5] His older brother is former American boxer, light-heavyweight champion Bobby Czyz.[6][7]
Writing
Czyz is the author of a short story collection, two novels, and a collection of essays. His short stories and essays have appeared in journals, magazines, and several anthologies, including, the New England Review, Shenandoah, AGNI,[8] The Massachusetts Review, Georgetown Review, Tin House,[9] The Arts Fuse, Tampa Review, Boston Review,[10] Copper Nickel, Southern Indiana Review, Skidrow Penthouse, and a contribution in the festschrift collection Stories for Chip (2015).[11] In his prefatory note to Adrift in a Vanishing City, Samuel R. Delany characterizes Czyz's short story collection as, "a small landmark in the sedimentation of new form in fiction".[12] Czyz's novel, The Christos Mosaic, is described by the American New Testament scholar Robert M. Price as including "genuine, radical biblical scholarship in a beautifully rendered adventure full of unforgettable characters, set in exotic locales vividly and poetically described".[13]
Awards
He is the recipient of the 1994 William Faulkner Wisdom Prize for Short Fiction,[14] two fellowships from the NJ Council on the Arts[15] In 2011 he was awarded Truman Capote Fellowship at Rutgers University.[16]
