David Shields (Author)
David Shields (born July 22, 1956 in Los Angeles , California , USA) is an American author who writes non-fiction as well as fiction and books that defy classification.
Life
In 1978, Shields left Brown University in Providence , Rhode Island with a summa cum laude degree in English literature. In 1980 he graduated from the University of Iowa with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in fiction. In 1984, Shields published his first novel Heroes . From 1985 to 1988 he was Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Lawrence University in Canton , New York .
Shields is a Milliman Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of Washington in Seattle , Washington . Shields is a participant in the MFA Writer's Program at Warren Wilson College , Swannaonnoa, near Asheville , North Carolina .
Shields' works have been translated into 15 languages so far (2011). His essays and stories have been published in various magazines such as New York Times Magazine , Harper's , Yale Review , Village Voice, etc. His book reviews have appeared in various daily newspapers.
Shields lives in Seattle with his wife and daughter.
Works (selection)
- with Dave Hickey: War Is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictorial Guide to the Glamor of Armed Conflict. powerHouse Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-57687-759-3 .
- with Shane Salerno : Salinger , Simon & Schuster, New York City, USA 2013, ISBN 978-1-4767-4483-4 .
- How Literature Saved My Life . Knopf, New York City 2013, ISBN 978-0-307-96152-5 .
- Reality hunger. A manifesto. Knopf, New York NY 2010, ISBN 978-0-307-27353-6 (In German: Reality Hunger. A Manifesto. Translated from the English by Andreas Wirthensohn, CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61361- 6 (e-book: ISBN 978-3-406-61514-6 )).
- The Thing about Life is that one Day you'll be dead. Knopf, New York NY 2008, ISBN 978-0-307-26804-4 (In German: The stupid thing about life is that one day you will be dead. A guide to happiness (= Goldmann 15625). From the American English by Christoph Gutknecht . Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-15625-2 ).
- Enough About You. Adventures in Autobiography. Simon & Schuster, New York NY et al. 2002, ISBN 0-7432-2578-3 .
- Black Planet. Facing Race during an NBA Season. Crown, New York NY 1999, ISBN 0-609-60452-X .
- Remote. Knopf, New York NY 1996, ISBN 0-679-44591-9 .
- Handbook for Drowning. Stories. Knopf, New York NY 1991, ISBN 0-679-40111-3 .
- Dead Languages. A novel. Knopf, New York NY 1989, ISBN 0-394-57388-9 .
- Heroes. A novel. Simon & Schuster, New York NY 1984, ISBN 0-671-52564-6 .
Awards
- 1982 and 1991: a National Endowment for the Arts scholarship each
- 1992: PEN / Revson Award
- 2000: Finalist for the PEN USA Award for Black Planet
- 2000: Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
- 2005–2006: Grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shields, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |