Doug Dorst
Doug Dorst is an American novel, short story writer, and creative writing instructor. Dorst is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University . He currently teaches in the MFA Creative Writing Program at Texas State University in San Marcos .
Dorst is the author of the novel Alive in Necropolis , with which he won second place at the Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award in 2008. He was also awarded the Emperor Norton Award and was included in the One City One Book Selection 2009 of the City of San Francisco . His collection The Surf Guru also received positive reviews and was selected for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award .
In October 2013 he published his biggest project to date with the novel S. (Eng. S. - The Ship of Theseus ), which he published in collaboration with Hollywood director JJ Abrams .
Dorst wrote various episodes for the series Z: The Beginning of Everything , published by Amazon-Video in 2017 . For the episode Die Abrechnung , he received a credit as a screenwriter.
Dorst is a triple jeopardy! -Winner and has on Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions participated.
Works
- Alive in Necropolis
- The Surf Guru
- with JJ Abrams : S. New York: Mulholland Books / Little, Brown, 2013
- S. - Theseus' ship . Novel. Translated from the English by Tobias Schnettler and Bert Schröder. Cologne: Kiepenheuer and Witsch, 2015
Web links
- Official Doug Dorst website (English)
- Doug Dorst in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Doug Dorst reads in Katherine Anne Porter House (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Molloy - JJ Abrams Gets Book Deal With 'Alive in Necropolis' Author Doug Dorst - The Wrap
- ^ S. , by JJ Abrams & Doug Dorst, "About the Authors," Melcher Media, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=1951
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dorst, Doug |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |