Ken Kalfus
Ken Kalfus (born April 9, 1954 in New York City ) is an American writer.
Life
Ken Kalfus studied at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan and at Trinity College (Dublin) . He worked as a journalist until he was able to publish his first volume of short stories Thirst in 1998 , for which he won an author award on Salon.com . Kalfus has written four novels since then until 2014. Kalfus writes for The New York Times Book Review . The film Pu-239 is based on his short story of the same name.
Kalfus received a Guggenheim grant in 2009 . He was on the nomination list for the PEN / Faulkner Award in 2000 and for the National Book Award in 2006 .
Kalfus lives in Philadelphia with his wife and daughter . He said in an interview that he was writing books in order to have an excuse to travel.
Works (selection)
- Coup de Foudre . New York: Bloomsbury, 2015
- Equilateral: a novel . New York: Bloomsbury, 2013.
- A Disorder Peculiar to the Country . Novel. New York: Ecco, 2006
- The Commissariat of Enlightenment . Novel. New York: Ecco, 2003
- PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies . Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1999
- Thirst . Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1998
Web links
- Literature by and about Ken Kalfus in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Ken Kalfus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ken Kalfus , interview at Barnes & Noble
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Carl Wilkenson: Small Talk. Ken Kalfus , Financial Times , Jan. 4, 2014, p. 9
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalfus, Ken |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |