Marc Fitten
Marc Fitten (born May 23, 1974 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American author and publicist .
Life
Fitten, son of Panamanian immigrants, grew up in the Bronx . In 1993 he moved to Europe and lived in Hungary until 1998 . He then returned to the USA. Today he lives with his family in Atlanta .
Fitten has published in various American magazines, including the Prairie Schooner , The Louisville Review , the Hogtown Creek Review and Esquire . The Georgia State University awarded him the Paul Bowles Fellowship for Fiction . He is currently the editor of the Chattahoochee Review , Atlanta's oldest literary magazine . His first novel , Valeria's Last Stand , appeared simultaneously in the US, Great Britain and Germany in 2009. In 2012 his second novel, Elsa's Kitchen, was published . Both novels are set in Hungary.
Works
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Valeria's Last Stand (novel, 2009).
- German translation: Valeria's last stand . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2009 (Translator: Claudia Wenner).
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Elza's Kitchen (novel, 2012).
- German translation: Elsa's kitchen . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2012 (Translator: Claudia Wenner).
Web links
- Homepage of the author .
- Author portrait at dtv (German).
- Author portrait at Bloomsbury (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fitten, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |