Alexi Zentner
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Alexi Zentner (born Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian / American short story writer, and novelist.
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[edit] Life
He graduated from Cornell University with an MFA.[1] He taught at Cornell University.[2][3][4]
His fiction has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly,[5] Narrative Magazine (where it was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize).[6]
He lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two daughters.
[edit] Awards
His short story “Touch,” originally published in Tin House is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite.[7] Two of Alexi’s short stories were also selected for “special mention” in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. “Trapline” was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize.
His debut novel Touch was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize.[8]
[edit] Works
[edit] Novels
- Touch (W. W. Norton & Company, 2011)
[edit] Short Fiction
[edit] Anthologies
- Laura Furman, ed. (May 6, 2008). "Touch". The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008. Anchor. ISBN 978-0-307-28034-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=U7bc3cM0_K8C&pg=PA319&dq=Alexi+Zentner&hl=en&ei=la7wS9OFBYSBlAfesOiiCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- Bill Henderson, ed. (December 10, 2007). Pushcart Prize XXXII. Pushcart Press. ISBN 978-1-888889-46-8.
[edit] References
- ^ http://cornellsun.com/section/daze/content/2008/10/02/wooooord-cu-mfas
- ^ http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/_lib/pdf/crse_fa08_undr.pdf
- ^ http://cornellsun.com/section/daze/content/2008/10/02/wooooord-cu-mfas
- ^ http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/FALL09/cover4.html
- ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/alexi-zentner/
- ^ "Author's Web Site". 2009-10-03. http://www.alexizentner.com. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Author Spotlight". 2009-10-03. http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/spotlight/zentner.html. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "DeWitt, Edugyan, Ondaatje and Vanderhaege among 17 on Giller long list". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 2011.
