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Nell Freudenberger

American novelist, essayist, and short-story writer

Nell Freudenberger (born April 21, in New York City) is an American novelist, essayist, and short-story writer.

Education

Freudenberger graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts[1] and received a Master of Fine Arts from New York University.[2]

Career

Fiction

Freudenberger's fiction has appeared in Granta, The Paris Review and The New Yorker.[3][4] After her collection Lucky Girls was published in , she received the PEN/Malamud Award, a short story prize sponsored by PEN International. When Freudenberger's novel The Dissident appeared in , she received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction.

In June , Freudenberger was featured along with fellow writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Karen Russell, ZZ Packer, and Gary Shteyngart in The New Yorker's "20 Under 40 Fiction" issue. Per the magazine, these authors represented "Twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction."[5] The list received widespread media attention.[6][7] She had a MacDowell Fellowship in , , and

Journalism

Freudenberger's travel writing has been published in Travel + Leisure, Salon, The New Yorker, and The Telegraph Magazine. She has written book reviews for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue and The Nation.[8]

Personal life

Freudenberger is married and has two children. The family lives in Brooklyn.[9]

Awards

Works

Books

Short stories and essays

References

  1. ^"Too young, too pretty, too successful". . September 4, Archived from the original on December 11,
  2. ^"Nell Freudenberger". . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 18 August
  3. ^"Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2". Granta. Archived from the original on May 8, Retrieved July 18,
  4. ^"Nell Freudenberger". The New Yorker.
  5. ^"20 Under 40 Fiction". . June 7,
  6. ^Bosman, Julie (June 3, ). "20 Young Writers Earn the Envy of Many Others". The New York Times. Retrieved January 19,
  7. ^Paskin, Willa (June 2, ). "The New Yorker Names Its Twenty Best Writers Under 40". New York Magazine. Retrieved January 22,
  8. ^Bios of Whiting Writers' Award Recipients - Mrs. Giles Whiting FoundationArchived at the Wayback Machine Retrieved
  9. ^"Nell Freudenberger". Ralph Lauren Magazine.
  10. ^"Nell Freudenberger". . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 9 May
  11. ^"Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize". . Susan B. Anthony Institute. Retrieved 9 May
  12. ^"Nell Freudenberger". . The Whiting Foundation. Retrieved 9 May
  13. ^"The PEN/Malamud Award". . PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Retrieved 9 May
  14. ^"Nell Freudenberger, Lost and Wanted". Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. Retrieved
  15. ^Finch, Charles (). "Two Women, United by Climate Change and the Man They Both Married". The New York Times. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  16. ^Bobrow, Emily. "'The Limits' Review: Nell Freudenberger's Covid Tale". WSJ. Retrieved
  17. ^Gilman, Priscilla (April 30, ). "Nell Freudenberger tests 'The Limits' of ambition, empathy, and knowledge in a story centered around a missing girl - The Boston Globe". . Retrieved
  18. ^Golay, Beth (April 9, ). "Nell Freudenberger on her new novel, 'The Limits'".

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