David Ebershoff
David A. Ebershoff (* 1969 in Pasadena , California ) is an American writer .
Life
Ebershoff studied at Brown University and the University of Chicago .
In 1995 he began his career in the literary industry through an internship at Random House . The following year he was given a full-time position in marketing at Modern Library . In 1998 he was promoted to Publishing Director of Modern Library.
He became known in 2000 for his first novel, The Danish Girl, about Lili Elbe , one of the first transsexuals to undergo gender reassignment surgery. The book won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award in 2001 and the Lambda Literary Award in the transgender literature category . The German edition appeared in 2002 under the title The Danish Girl . The work was in 2015 by Tom Hooper with Eddie Redmayne in the role of Lili Elbe filmed .
After a short story collection, Pasadena Ebershoff's second novel was published in 2002 . The German edition The Scent of Oranges was published in 2005.
The novel The 19th Wife followed in 2008 and was made into a film just two years later .
Ebershoff is Vice President and Executive Editor at Random House. He also taught creative writing at New York University and Princeton University . He currently teaches at Columbia University .
Ebershoff lives in New York City.
Works
- The Danish girl. (Original title: The Danish Girl ) München, Goldmann, 2002, ISBN 3-442-45270-8
- The Rose City and Other Stories. (Collection of short stories) Viking Adult, 2001, ISBN 978-0-670-89483-3
- The scent of the oranges. (Original title: Pasadena. ) München, Goldmann, 2005, ISBN 978-3-442-46075-5
- The 19th Wife. Random House, 2008, ISBN 978-1-400-06397-0
Film adaptations
- The 19th woman 2010, directed by Rod Holcomb , screenplay: Richard Friedenberg
- The Danish Girl 2015, directed by Tom Hooper , written by Lucinda Coxon
Web links
- Official website ebershoff.com
- Literature by and about David Ebershoff in the catalog of the German National Library
- David Ebershoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d David Ebershoff: It's Not Just About the Pulitzers at publishersweekly.com, accessed on September 2, 2015
- ↑ Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Fiction ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 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. at artsandletters.org, accessed September 2, 2015
- ↑ 13th Annual Lambda Literary Awards at lambdaliterary.org, accessed September 2, 2015
- ↑ David Ebershoff Bio at penguin.com, accessed on September 2, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ebershoff, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ebershoff, David A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena , California , United States |