John Casey (novelist)
John D. Casey (born 1939 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American novelist and translator.
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[edit] Life
Casey went to school at Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He currently lives with his wife, artist Rosamond Casey and their two daughters, Julia and Clare, in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he is Professor of English Literature at the University of Virginia. [1]
Casey has two adult daughters from his first marriage to novelist Jane Barnes: Nell Casey and Maud Casey. Maud Casey is a published author in her own right, with two well-reviewed novels and a collection of short stories to her credit. Nell Casey is the editor of the best-selling essay collection "Unholy Ghost" on depression and creativity, including essays by herself and her sister, and editor of a second essay collection "An Uncertain Inheritance" by contributors caring for family through illness and death.
[edit] Awards
- 1989 National Book Award for his novel Spartina
- 1993 "Mildred and Harold Strauss Living" Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1991 Rome Prize
[edit] List of novels
- An American Romance, Atheneum, 1977 ISBN 9780689107702
- Testimony and Demeanor, Knopf, 1979 ISBN 9780394500973 (reissued in 2005)
- Spartina, Knopf, 1989 ISBN 9780394500980
- Supper at the Black Pearl, Lord John Press, 1996 ISBN 9780935716658
- The Half-life of Happiness, Vintage, 1999 ISBN 9780375706080
- Alessandro Boffa (2002). You're an Animal, Viskovitz!. Translator John Casey. Random House, Inc.. ISBN 9780375405280. http://books.google.com/books?id=JV0Vf1-4LqQC&lpg=PP1&dq=John%20Casey%20animal&lr=&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Linda Ferri (2006). Enchantments. Translator John Casey. Vintage.. ISBN 9781400033522. http://books.google.com/books?id=1DBlAAAAMAAJ&q=enchantments+ferri&dq=enchantments+ferri&cd=1.
- Compass Rose, Knopf, (October 19, 2010) ISBN 9780375410253
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Joe David Bellamy (1995). "John Casey". Literary luxuries: American writing at the end of the millennium. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826210296. http://books.google.com/books?id=OwhMQZD3c7oC&pg=PA193&dq=John+Casey+(novelist)&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- "'U.Va. Profiles' Features Award-Winning Author John Casey", UVa Today
- John Casey author spotlight at Random House of Canada
- Inscription in Spartina
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