Laura van den Berg
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Laura van den Berg is an American writer.[1]
Biography
Laura van den Berg was raised in Florida. She has a BA from Rollins College ('05) and an M.F.A. from Emerson College. Her stories have been published in Conjunctions, American Short Fiction, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train and One Story.
Awards and honors
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- 2010 The Story Prize longlist What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
- 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us[2]
- 2014 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award shortlist The Isle of Youth[3]
- 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award winner for The Isle of Youth[4]
- 2016 Briggs-Copeland Lecturer in Fiction Harvard University
Bibliography
- What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us (2009)
- The Isle of Youth (2013)
- Find Me (2015), novel
References
- ↑ Serber, Natalie. Worst-Laid Plans Laura van den Berg’s ‘Isle of Youth', NYTimes, November 22, 2013
- ↑ Flood, Alison (9 July 2010). "US writers dominate Frank O'Connor award shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ↑ Alison Flood (13 June 2014). "Frank O'Connor prize shortlist pits 'masters' against first-timers". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ↑ "The American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces 2014 Literature Awards Winners". American Academy of Arts and Letters. March 10, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
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