Curtis Sittenfeld

Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (* 1975 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is an American writer .

Life

Curtis Sittenfeld was born in Cincinnati to Elizabeth and Paul G. Sittenfeld. She attended the Seven Hills School in Cincinnati and from the eighth grade, the Groton prep school in Groton ( Massachusetts ). She then studied first at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie and then at Stanford University in Stanford (California) .

After studying Curtis Sittenfeld moved to Charlotte ( North Carolina ), where they for the Charlotte Observer wrote. She then worked for Fast Comany magazine in Boston and attended the University of Iowa Iowa Writers' Workshop . Her articles have appeared in the following magazines and newspapers, among others: The New York Times , The Washington Post and People .

In 2005 Curtis Sittenfeld published her debut novel Prep (German title: Eine Klasse für sich ). The novel tells the experiences of the student Lee Fiora at the fictional elite school Ault . The New York Times voted Prep one of the ten best books of 2005. In her novel The President's Wife , published in 2008 , Curtis Sittenfeld draws a fictional portrait of former first lady Laura Bush .

Sittenfeld's books have been translated into twenty-five languages.

Works

• In a class of its own. Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-351-03080-3 ( Prep.Random House , NY 2005, ISBN 978-1-400-06231-7 )
• So i love him. Translated by Patricia Klobusiczky . Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag , Berlin 2007 ISBN 978-3-378-00681-2 ( The Man of My Dreams. Random House, NY 2006, ISBN 978-1-400-06476-2 ); also construction TB
• The President's wife. Übers. Gesine Schröder , Carina Tessari. Structure, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-351-03268-5 ( American Wife. Random House, NY 2008, ISBN 978-1-400-06475-5 )
• Sisterland. Random House, NY 2013, ISBN 978-1-400-06831-9
• Marriage. Translated by Sabine Schilasky. HarperCollins, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95967-114-9 ( Eligible. Random House, NY 2016, ISBN 978-1-400-06832-6 )
• You Think It, I'll Say It . Stories. Doubleday, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New York Times best books of 2005 (English)
2. ↑ Lesley Stahl Questions… Curtis Sittenfeld ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  

Web links

• Literature by and about Curtis Sittenfeld in the catalog of the German National Library
• curtissittenfeld.com Official Website (English)