Dan Chaon
Dan Chaon (born 1964) is a notable American writer. Chaon's last name is pronounced "Shawn".[1]
His first novel was You Remind Me of Me (2004). His short-story collections Fitting Ends (1996) and Among the Missing (2001) were both well-received; the latter was a finalist for a National Book Award[2] and was also named one of the year's ten best books by the American Library Association[3] and as a notable book of the year by The New York Times..[4]
Chaon's short stories have won the Pushcart Prize[2] and the O. Henry Award[3] and have been included in the Best American Short Stories of 1996 and 2003.[5] He was awarded the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters.[3]
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[edit] Biography
Chaon was adopted and grew up in Sidney, Nebraska.[6] He graduated from Northwestern and received his MFA from Syracuse.[7] He was married to the late writer Sheila Schwartz and has two teenage sons. He presently lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and teaches creative writing at Oberlin College.[5]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
[edit] Short Story Collections
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.themillions.com/2006/08/hard-to-pronounce-literary-names.html
- ^ a b http://www.vqronline.org/author/5698/dan-chaon/
- ^ a b c Id.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/books/notable-books.html?sec=&pagewanted=1
- ^ a b http://new.oberlin.edu/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative_writing/faculty_detail.dot?id=20631
- ^ http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/Ncw/chaon.htm
- ^ http://hotmetalbridge.org/number-one/interview-dan-chaon/
[edit] External links
- Dan Chaon's website
- Dan Chaon: Meat is the Reward on NPR
- Interview in The Believer
- Interview in SmokeLong Quarterly, September 15, 2007
- "Shepherdess" a short story in Virginia Quarterly Review
- "Big Me" a short story in Gettysburg Review
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