The Tsar of Love and Techno Anthony Marra

Introduction

Anthony Marra (born 1984) is an American fiction writer. Marra has won numerous awards for his short stories, as well as his first novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, which was a New York Times best seller.[1]

Personal life

Marra was born in Washington, D.C.,[2] attended high school in Bethesda, Maryland, and has lived in Eastern Europe, though he now resides in Oakland, California.[3][4]

Education

Marra attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland[5] before attending the University of Southern California where he earned with bachelor's degree in creative writing.[6] He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Between 2011 and 2013, he was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University,[7] where he also taught as the Jones Lecturer in Fiction.[3]

Marra has also received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation[8] and the National Endowment for the Arts.[2][9]

Writing

Marra has contributed pieces to The Atlantic,[10] Narrative Magazine,[11] Granta,[12] The Rumpus,[13] New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.[14]

Accolades
Year Work Accolade Result Ref
2010 "Chechnya" Pushcart Prize Winner [8]
Narrative Prize Winner [8]
2012 Self Whiting Award Winner [15][16]
2013 A Constellation of Vital Phenomena California Book Award for First Fiction Winner [17]
Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction Nominee [17]
National Book Award for Fiction Nominee [1]
National Book Critics Circle Award for John Leonard Prize Winner [18]
Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books Selection [19]
New York Times Notable Book of the Year Selection [20]
2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction Winner [21][22]
The Athens Prize for Literature - Περιοδικό (δέ)κατα Winner [23]
Carla Furstenberg Cohen Fiction Award Winner [18]
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction Longlist [24]
Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction Finalist [25]
Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Debut Winner [26]
Notable Books Selection [27]
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Shortlist [28]
Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist [29]
2015 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist [18]
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award Winner [30][23]
2016 "The Grozny Tourist Bureau" National Magazine Award for Fiction Winner [31]
2017 The Tsar of Love and Techno: Literature.gr Phrase of the Year Prize Winner [32]
Self Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists Selection [33]
2018 Self Simpson Family Literary Prize Winner [34]
Self Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist [35]
Self Jeanette Haien Ballard Writer’s Prize Winner [2]
Bibliography

Essays

  • "Giving Up," published July 7, 2011 in The Rumpus
  • "When a Sentence Changes Your Life—Then Changes Its Own Meaning," published May 7, 2013 in The Atlantic

Short stories

  • "Chechnya," published in 2009 in Narrative Magazine
  • "The Wolves of Bilaya Forest," May 31, 2012 by The Atlantic
  • "The Lion's Den" (2019)
  • "Lipari," published April 25, 2017 in Granta

Contributor

  • xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, published September 24, 2013 by Penguin Books
  • The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016, published October 4, 2016 by Mariner Books

Books

  • A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, published May 7, 2013 by Random House
  • The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories, published October 6, 2015 by Hogarth Press
  • Mercury Pictures Presents, published August 2, 2022 by Hogarth Press
References
  1. ^ a b Marra, Anthony (May 7, 2013). A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7704-3641-4.
  2. ^ a b c "Book Anthony Marra for lectures, readings and conversations". Lyceum Agency. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Anthony Marra". Penguin Random House. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  4. ^ McMurtrie, John. "Oakland's Anthony Marra wins $50,000 Simpson Prize for mid-career authors". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "News Post". www.landon.net. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  6. ^ "Author: Anthony Marra". literarysoc.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  7. ^ "Former Stegner Fellows | Creative Writing Program". Creative Writing @ Stanford University. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Wakefield, Tanu (May 5, 2015). "Two Stanford scholars win Guggenheim Fellowships | The Dish". Stanford University News. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "Federal Support for Creative Writing Fellowships Announced". National Endowment for the Arts. December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  10. ^ Fassler, Joe (May 7, 2013). "When a Sentence Changes Your Life—Then Changes Its Own Meaning". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  11. ^ Marra, Anthony (August 26, 2009). "Chechnya". Narrative Magazine. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  12. ^ Marra, Anthony (April 25, 2017). "Lipari". Granta. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  13. ^ "Giving Up". The Rumpus. July 7, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  14. ^ "Anthony Marra". American Academy. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  15. ^ "2012 Whiting Writers' Award- Fiction – Stanford Creative Writing Program". Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
  16. ^ "Anthony Marra". Whiting. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  17. ^ a b "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena". Goodreads. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  18. ^ a b c "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena – DUBLIN Literary Award". Dublin Literary Award. September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  19. ^ Hooper, Brad (January 1, 2014). Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2021 – via Booklist.
  20. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2013". The New York Times. November 27, 2013. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  21. ^ "Winners". Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  22. ^ Ray, Elaine (April 7, 2014). "Stanford lecturer Anthony Marra wins Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction | The Dish". Stanford University News. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  23. ^ a b "2018 JCO Finalists". The New Literary Project. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  24. ^ "2014 Winners". Reference & User Services Association (RUSA). October 20, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  25. ^ "2014". Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  26. ^ "ABA Announces 2014 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners". the American Booksellers Association. April 15, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  27. ^ Notable Books: 2014. March 15, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2021 – via Booklist.
  28. ^ "KGB Reading: 2014 Bingham Finalists". PEN America. September 29, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  29. ^ "Young Lions Award List of Winners and Finalists". The New York Public Library. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  30. ^ "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel|Paperback". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  31. ^ American Society of Magazine Editors, Ellie Awards 2016 Winners Announced, "Ellie Awards 2016 Winners Announced | ASME". Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  32. ^ "Literature.gr Phrase of the Year Prize 2016 – Ceremony". Literature.gr. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  33. ^ "Anthony Marra | Granta's Best of Young American Novelists". Granta. September 5, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  34. ^ "Prize". Simpson Family Literary Project. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  35. ^ "2018 JCO Finalists". The New Literary Project. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
External links
  • Anthony Marra (Official Website)
  • Profile at The Whiting Foundation

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