Hester Kaplan
Hester Margaret Kaplan Stein | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hester Margaret Kaplan |
| Alma mater | B.A. Barnard College |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist Writer |
| Spouse | Michael Stein |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Anne Bernays Kaplan Justin Kaplan |
| Relatives | Edward Bernays (grandfather) Doris E. Fleischman (grandmother) |
Hester Margaret Kaplan is an American short story writer, and novelist.
Life[edit]
Kaplan was born to a Jewish family, the daughter of novelist Anne (née Bernays) and author Justin Kaplan.[1] Her maternal grandparents were Doris Fleischman and Edward Bernays, "the father of public relations" and nephew of Sigmund Freud. She grew up in Cambridge and graduated from Barnard College.
She has taught writing at Rhode Island School of Design[2] and teaches at Lesley University.[3]
Her work appeared in Ploughshares, Story, Glimmer Train, and Agni,[4] "The Private Life of Skin", appeared in Southwest Review.
In 1987, she married Dr. Michael Stein.[1] She is the mother of two sons, Alex and Toby.
Awards[edit]
- 1999 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
- Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship
- 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship [5]
Works[edit]
- Kinship Theory: A Novel. Back Bay. 2002. ISBN 978-0-316-50426-3.
- The Edge of Marriage. W. W. Norton & Company. 2001. ISBN 978-0-393-32144-9.
Anthologies[edit]
- Amy Tan, ed. (1999). The Best American Short Stories 1999. ISBN 978-0-395-92684-0.
- The Best American Short Stories, 1998.
[edit]
- "Goodwell", Ploughshares, Spring 1989
- "Companion Animal", Ploughshares, Spring 2003
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Ms. Kaplan Weds Dr. Michael Stein". The New York Times. September 14, 1987.
- ^ "RISD : Rhode Island School of Design : FACULTY LIST". Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ "Creative Writing MFA | Lesley University".
- ^ "Agni Online". 15 September 2022.
- ^ Writers corner: Hester Kaplan, National Endowment for the Arts, retrieved 2011-07-01
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