Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan (born September 7, 1962 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American writer . In 2011 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for A Visit from the Goon Squad . In 2015, this novel was chosen by the BBC's selection of the best 20 novels from 2000 to 2014 as one of the most important works of this century to date. Since 2018 she has been president of the writers' association PEN America .
Life
Egan grew up in San Francisco, studied at the University of Pennsylvania and St. John's College in Cambridge . She has been writing novels, short stories, essays and articles for magazines such as The New Yorker , the New York Times and Harper's Bazaar since 1993 . The novel Look at me was finished before September 11, 2001 , otherwise Egan would have had to rewrite it according to his own assessment.
Her Twitter novel Black Box takes the form of individual tweets , i.e. sections with a maximum of 140 characters, and describes the thoughts of a protagonist who is set on a criminal in the manner of an agent thriller. Black Box first appeared in The New Yorker on June 4-11, 2012.
The writer lives and works in Brooklyn, New York .
Works
Novels and short stories
- 1993 Emerald City (short stories)
- City of Diamond, German from Nina am Weg; Venusberg, Bonn 1996. ISBN 3-9804441-2-0
- also as: Emerald City, German by Sigrid Ruschmeier; Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2000. ISBN 3-89561-221-9
- 1995 The Invisible Circus (novel)
- The color of memory, German by Günter Ohnemus ; Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 1999. ISBN 3-89561-220-0
- 2001 Look at Me (novel)
- Look at me, German by Gabriele Haefs ; Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2002. ISBN 3-89561-222-7
- 2006 The Keep (novel)
- Im Bann, German by Gabriele Haefs; Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2007. ISBN 3-89561-223-5
- 2010 A Visit From the Goon Squad (novel)
- The greater part of the world , German by Heide Zeltmann; Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2012. ISBN 978-3-89561-224-4
- 2013 Black Box (Twitter novel)
- Black Box, German by Brigitte Walitzek; Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2013. ISBN 978-3895612510
- 2017 Manhattan Beach (novel); German edition, from American English by Henning Ahrens , with an interview with Jennifer Egan, S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-10-397358-7 ; Review: Review by Mithu Sanyal in Deutschlandfunk Büchermarkt - Book of the Week from October 14, 2018
Essays and articles
- The Bipolar Puzzle , in: New York Times Magazine, September 14, 2008
- Wanted: A Few Good Sperm , in: New York Times Magazine, March 19, 2006
- Love in the Time of No Time , in: New York Times Magazine, November 23, 2004
- You Don't Know Madonna , in: GQ, December 15, 2002
- To be Young and Homeless , in: New York Times Magazine, March 24, 2002
- The Technology , in: New York Times Magazine, September 23, 2001
- Lonely Gay Teen Seeking Same , in: New York Times Magazine, December 10, 2000
- Walking Toward Mindfulness , New York Times Magazine, May 7, 2000
- Power Suffering , in: New York Times Magazine May 16, 1999
- Why a Priest , in: New York Times Magazine, April 4, 1999
- Uniforms in the Closet , in: New York Times Magazine, June 28, 1998
- A Thin Line Between Mother and Daughter , at Salon.com, Nov. 14, 1997
- The Thin Red Line , in: New York Times Magazine, July 27, 1997
- James is a Girl , in: New York Times Magazine, Feb. 4, 1996
Film adaptations
- 1999 The Invisible Circus ( Deadly Shadows )
Awards
- 2002 Carroll Kowal Journalism Award for the New York Times Magazine article To be Young and Homeless
- 2009 Outstanding Media Award for Science and Health from the National Alliance on Mental Illness for New York Times Magazine article The Bipolar Puzzle .
- 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction) for A Visit from the Goon Squad
- 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction) for A Visit from the Goon Squad
- 2011 Pulitzer Prize (novel) for A Visit From the Goon Squad
- 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for Manhattan Beach
Web links
- Short biography and reviews of works by Jennifer Egan at perlentaucher.de
- Jennifer Egan , website
- Biographical essay about Jennifer Egan in the New Yorker, October 16, 2017 (English)
- Portrait of Jennifer Egans, in: The Guardian , March 6, 2011 (English)
- Short Story To Do by Jennifer Egan, in: The Guardian , July 22, 2011 (English)
- Interviews
- Interview on TheDaysofyore.com (English)
- Interview on Bookmunch.wordpress.com, April 11, 2011 (English)
- Interview with Jennifer Egan on winning the Pulitzer Prize, Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2011 (English)
- Podcast conversation with Egan about A Visit from the Goon Squad on guardian.co.uk, April 22, 2011 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Epilogue to Look at me , German translation 2012, p. 537
- ↑ Jennifer Egan's “The greater part of the world”: Beatings for the late hippies , review by Werner Theurich, Spiegel Online , March 16, 2012, accessed June 20, 2014.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Egan, Jennifer |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |