Edan Lepucki
Edan Alexandra Lepucki (born in Santa Monica , Los Angeles County ) is an American writer.
Life
Edan Lepucki studied at Oberlin College and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop . She writes essays and short stories for various newspapers and magazines and for the online magazine The Millions in the USA. She conducts writing workshops in Los Angeles.
Lepucki's first novel California became known because her publisher Hachette was in a dispute with the mail order company Amazon and the American comedian Stephen Colbert publicly protested against the supposed economic superiority of Amazon and therefore on the recommendation of Sherman Alexie to buy Lepucki's book from other retailers called. The book got into the New York Times bestseller list .
Works (selection)
- Women my father has dated and other stories . MFA University of Iowa 2006
- If You're Not Yet Like Me . Narrative. Flatmancrooked, 2010
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California . Little, Brown and Company , New York 2014
- California . Novel. Übers. Gesine Schröder . Construction, Berlin 2015
literature
- Amity Gaige: "California review - Edan Lepucki's hit story of marriage after the apocalypse" , in: The Guardian , September 4, 2014
- Nicolas Freund: "The Last World" (Review California ), in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 11, 2015, p. 12
Web links
- Literature by and about Edan Lepucki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Edan Lepucki in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Edan Lepucki , website
- Edan Lepucki , short CV at Aufbau-Verlag
- Nietypowe okoliczności pewnego literackiego debiutu , at neon24.pl, May 21, 2015 (pl)
- Edan Lepucki , at the millions
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hannes Stein : "How to trick Amazon with television" , in: Die Welt , July 16, 2014
- ↑ Women my father has dated and other stories , at WorldCat
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lepucki, Edan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lepucki, Edan Alexandra |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Monica , Los Angeles County |