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{{Short description|American novelist}}
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'''Ellen Akins''' is an American novelist from [[South Bend, Indiana]]. She graduated from LaSalle High School in 1977, earning a BA in film production at the [[University of Southern California]] before working with [[Sydney Pollack]]. After losing interest in the film business, Akins enrolled in the creative writing program at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref name="htb">{{cite news|title=Hometown Brewed: South Bend native and author Ellen Akins has built a critical reputation book by book|last=Hughes|first=Andrew S.|date=August 27 1998|work=South Bend Tribune|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> In April 1993 she was awarded the Academy Award of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] for her fiction writing;<ref name=cst>{{cite news|title=Intense, Urgent Novel Skewers Politics|last=Gillespie|first=Mary|date=23 May 1993|work=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> she has also been given grants by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the [[Ingram Merrill Foundation]],<ref name="htb"/> and won the [[Whiting Writer's Award]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 Get Awards for Writers|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=27 October 1989|work=The New York Times|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref>
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| name = Ellen Akins
| birth_place = [[South Bend, Indiana]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of Southern California]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Johns Hopkins University]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])
| occupation = Novelist
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'''Ellen Akins''' is an American novelist from [[South Bend, Indiana]].
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Akins is the author of five novels; ''Home Movie'', published in 1988 by [[Simon & Schuster]],<ref>{{cite news|title=California Dreams and Obsessions|last=Prose|first=Francine|date=20 November 1988|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> ''Little Woman'', published in 1990 by Harper & Row,<ref>{{cite news|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|title=Complicated characters mar `Little Woman'|last=Winders|first=Glenda|date=July 22 1990|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref> ''Public Life'', published in 1993 by [[HarperCollins]],<ref name=cst/> and ''Hometown Brew'', published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998.<ref name="htb"/> As well as writing, Akins has also taught at [[Western Michigan University]], [[Northland College (Wisconsin)|Northland College]],<ref name=cst/> and [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheqnet.net/~emakins/EllenAkins.html|title=Ellen Akins|publisher=Cheqtel Communications|accessdate=28 November 2010}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
After graduating from LaSalle Intermediate Academy in 1977, Akins earned a Bachelor of Arts in film production at the [[University of Southern California]]. As a young adult, Akins participated in ''[[Beyond Our Control]]'', a youth-produced community television program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ellen Akins|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1273933/|website=IMDb|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>

== Career ==
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Akins worked with film producer [[Sydney Pollack]] before losing interest in the film business. Akins then earned a [[Master of Fine Arts]] in the creative writing program at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ellen Akins {{!}} The Loft Literary Center|url=https://loft.org/artists/ellen-akins|website=loft.org|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> In April 1993, she was awarded the Academy Award of the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] for her fiction writing;<ref name="cst">{{cite news|title=Intense, Urgent Novel Skewers Politics|last=Gillespie|first=Mary|date=23 May 1993|work=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> she has also been given grants by the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the [[Ingram Merrill Foundation]],<ref name="htb">{{cite news|last=Hughes|first=Andrew S.|date=August 27, 1998|title=Hometown Brewed: South Bend native and author Ellen Akins has built a critical reputation book by book|work=South Bend Tribune}}</ref> and won the [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 Get Awards for Writers|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=27 October 1989|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

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Akins is the author of five books; the novels ''Home Movie'', published in 1988 by [[Simon & Schuster]],<ref>{{cite news|title=California Dreams and Obsessions|last=Prose|first=Francine|date=20 November 1988|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> ''Little Woman'', published in 1990 by Harper & Row,<ref>{{cite news|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|title=Complicated characters mar 'Little Woman'|last=Winders|first=Glenda|date=July 22, 1990}}</ref> ''Public Life'', published in 1993 by [[HarperCollins]],<ref name="cst" /> and ''Hometown Brew'', published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998, and the short story collection "World Like a Knife", published in 1991 by [[Johns Hopkins University Press]]. Akins has also taught at [[Western Michigan University]], [[Northland College (Wisconsin)|Northland College]],<ref name="cst" /> and [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheqnet.net/~emakins/EllenAkins.html |title=Ellen Akins |publisher=Cheqtel Communications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829232008/http://www.cheqnet.net/~emakins/EllenAkins.html |archive-date=2009-08-29 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Akins lives in [[Cornucopia, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-02-06 |title=Fiction Writer Ellen Akins to read for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 16 |url=https://source.wustl.edu/2006/02/fiction-writer-ellen-akins-to-read-for-writing-program-reading-series-feb-16/ |access-date=2020-05-05 |website=[[Washington University in St. Louis]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards ==
*1989 [[Whiting Awards|Whiting Award]]
*1993 Academy Award from the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]

== Works ==

=== Books ===
* {{cite book |date=1988 |title=Home Movie |url=https://archive.org/details/homemovienovel00akin|url-access=registration |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-67166-135-9 }}
* {{cite book |date=1990 |title=Little Woman |url=https://archive.org/details/littlewoman00elle |publisher=Harpercollins |isbn=978-0-06016-362-4 }}
* {{cite book |date=1991 |title=World Like a Knife |url=https://archive.org/details/worldlikeknife00akin |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-80184-288-7 }}
* {{cite book |date=1993 |title=Public Life |url=https://archive.org/details/publiclife00akin |publisher=Harpercollins |isbn=978-0-06016-753-0 }}
* {{cite book |date=1998 |title=Hometown Brew |url=https://archive.org/details/hometownbrewnove00akin |publisher=Knopf |isbn=978-0-67944-795-5 }}

=== Stories ===
*{{cite journal |date=1985 |title=Something You Won't Understand |journal=The Southern Review |volume=Winter |publisher=LSU Press }}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesouthernreview.org/issues/detail/Winter-1985/53/|title = The Southern Review : Issue: Winter 1985}}</ref>
*{{cite journal |date=1991 |title=Nobody's Baby |journal=The Southern Review |volume=Autumn |publisher=LSU Press }}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thesouthernreview.org/issues/detail/Autumn-1991/80/|title = The Southern Review : Issue: Autumn 1991}}</ref>
*{{Cite web |url=http://www.perigee-art.com/0709/index-3.php |date=2009 |title=A Modest Appetite |publisher=Perigree: Publication for the Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028083233/http://www.perigee-art.com/0709/index-3.php |archive-date= 28 October 2012}}
*{{cite journal |date=Fall 2010 |title=Her Delivery |url=http://www.servinghousejournal.com/AkinsDelivery.aspx |journal=Serving House Journal |issue=2 }}


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Latest revision as of 02:47, 21 August 2023

Ellen Akins
Born
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MFA)
OccupationNovelist

Ellen Akins is an American novelist from South Bend, Indiana.

Early life and education[edit]

After graduating from LaSalle Intermediate Academy in 1977, Akins earned a Bachelor of Arts in film production at the University of Southern California. As a young adult, Akins participated in Beyond Our Control, a youth-produced community television program.[1]

Career[edit]

Akins worked with film producer Sydney Pollack before losing interest in the film business. Akins then earned a Master of Fine Arts in the creative writing program at Johns Hopkins University.[2] In April 1993, she was awarded the Academy Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for her fiction writing;[3] she has also been given grants by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation,[4] and won the Whiting Award in 1989.[5]

Akins is the author of five books; the novels Home Movie, published in 1988 by Simon & Schuster,[6] Little Woman, published in 1990 by Harper & Row,[7] Public Life, published in 1993 by HarperCollins,[3] and Hometown Brew, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998, and the short story collection "World Like a Knife", published in 1991 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Akins has also taught at Western Michigan University, Northland College,[3] and Fairleigh Dickinson University.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Akins lives in Cornucopia, Wisconsin.[9]

Awards[edit]

Works[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Home Movie. Simon & Schuster. 1988. ISBN 978-0-67166-135-9.
  • Little Woman. Harpercollins. 1990. ISBN 978-0-06016-362-4.
  • World Like a Knife. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-80184-288-7.
  • Public Life. Harpercollins. 1993. ISBN 978-0-06016-753-0.
  • Hometown Brew. Knopf. 1998. ISBN 978-0-67944-795-5.

Stories[edit]

  • "Something You Won't Understand". The Southern Review. Winter. LSU Press. 1985.[10]
  • "Nobody's Baby". The Southern Review. Autumn. LSU Press. 1991.[11]
  • "A Modest Appetite". Perigree: Publication for the Arts. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012.
  • "Her Delivery". Serving House Journal (2). Fall 2010.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ellen Akins". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  2. ^ "Ellen Akins | The Loft Literary Center". loft.org. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  3. ^ a b c Gillespie, Mary (23 May 1993). "Intense, Urgent Novel Skewers Politics". Chicago Sun-Times.
  4. ^ Hughes, Andrew S. (August 27, 1998). "Hometown Brewed: South Bend native and author Ellen Akins has built a critical reputation book by book". South Bend Tribune.
  5. ^ McDowell, Edwin (27 October 1989). "10 Get Awards for Writers". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Prose, Francine (20 November 1988). "California Dreams and Obsessions". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ Winders, Glenda (July 22, 1990). "Complicated characters mar 'Little Woman'". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  8. ^ "Ellen Akins". Cheqtel Communications. Archived from the original on 2009-08-29.
  9. ^ "Fiction Writer Ellen Akins to read for Writing Program Reading Series Feb. 16". Washington University in St. Louis. 2006-02-06. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  10. ^ "The Southern Review : Issue: Winter 1985".
  11. ^ "The Southern Review : Issue: Autumn 1991".

External links[edit]

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