Lucy Ellmann
Lucy Ellmann | |
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Born | Evanston, Illinois, U.S.[1] | 18 October 1956
Language | English |
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Alma mater | Falmouth School of Art (Foundation degree, 1975)[3] University of Essex (BA, 1980) Courtauld Institute of Art (MA, 1981) |
Notable work | Ducks, Newburyport (2019) |
Spouse | Todd McEwen |
Relatives | Richard Ellmann (father) Mary Ellmann (mother) |
Lucy Ellmann (born 18 October 1956) is an American-born British novelist based in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4]
Biography
Her first book, Sweet Desserts, won the Guardian Fiction Prize. She is the daughter of the American biographer and literary critic Richard Ellmann and the feminist literary critic Mary Ellmann. She is married to the American writer Todd McEwen. Her fourth novel, Dot in the Universe, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Believer Book Award.[5] Her latest book, Ducks, Newburyport was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 2019.[6]
Ellmann lectured and led seminars in Creative Writing at the University of Kent between September 2009 and July 2010.[7][8]
Ellman has been recognized with honors and fellowships, including the Royal Literary Fund; Queen Margaret University 2017/18; University of Dundee 2011/12; Queen Margaret University 2005-07; and been a Hawthornden Fellow[9] and Hawthornden fellowship residence at Hawthornden Castle.[5]
Notable works
- Sweet Desserts (1988)
- Varying Degrees of Hopelessness (1991)
- The Spy Who Caught a Cold (screenplay, 1995)
- Man or Mango? A Lament (1999)
- Dot in the Universe (2003)
- Doctors & Nurses (2006)
- Mimi (2013)
- Ducks, Newburyport (2019)
Notes
- ^ Warner, John (3 September 2019). "'Ducks, Newburyport' by Lucy Ellmann: Do you have the mettle (and the wrist strength) to tackle this 1,034-page phenom? Biblioracle John Warner wonders". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Jordan, Justine (24 July 2019). "The Booker prize 2019 longlist's biggest surprise? There aren't many". The Guardian.
- ^ "Lucy Ellmann - Literature". British Council.
- ^ "Lucy Ellmann". The Baffler. 4 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Ellmann, Lucy 1956–", Encyclopedia.com, Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series
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- ^ "The core connection". Time Higher Education Supplement. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "School of English - Lucy Ellmann". Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Lucy Ellmann". The Royal Literary Fund.
'Literary lioness at the top of her form'. [1]https://www.thejc.com/culture/books/review-ducks-newburyport-1.489544
References
- "Ellmann, Lucy 1956–", Encyclopedia.com, Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series
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External links
- Lucy Ellmann at Bloomsbury.com
- New York Times review of Dot in the Universe
- Interview from The Daily Telegraph magazine
- Believer Book Awards finalists
- ^ The Jewish Chronicle, 4 October 2019
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Academics of the University of Kent
- Writers from Evanston, Illinois
- American women novelists
- American emigrants to England
- English women novelists
- Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art
- Alumni of Falmouth University
- Alumni of the University of Essex
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- 20th-century English novelists
- 21st-century English novelists
- Novelists from Illinois
- Writers from Edinburgh
- Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
- Goldsmiths Prize winners
- American novelist, 1950s birth stubs