Paul Elliott Russell

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Paul Elliott Russell (born July 1, 1956 in Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American author and university professor.

Russell studied to 1978 English at Oberlin College and graduated after the program for English and creative writing at Cornell University . After completing his studies (MFA in Creative Writing, 1982, for the short story collection After Mariah and other stories ; MA in English, 1982, for the unpublished novel The Longing in Darkness ; Ph.D. in English, 1983, for a dissertation on Vladimir Nabokov ), he moved to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie , New York , where he worked as an English teacher and is now a professor of English.

Russell had been a writer since he was at school. He wrote several novels about the life and fate of LGBT fictional characters. In his novel Sea of ​​Tranquility , Russell writes about the family of the astronaut Allen Cloud , whose son Jonathan dies of AIDS. In the novel The Coming Storm , Russell describes the situation at a school between fellow teachers, including a gay teacher.

Russell also wrote the nonfiction book The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present .

Works

  • After Mariah and other stories . Cornell University (MFA Thesis), 1982
  • Vladimir Nabokov. The habit of exile . Cornell University (Ph.D. Thesis), 1983
  • The Salt Point . Dutton, New York City 1990. ISBN 0-525-24832-3
  • Boys of Life . Dutton, New York City 1991. ISBN 0-525-93327-1
  • Sea of ​​Tranquility . Dutton, New York City 1994. ISBN 0-525-93895-8
  • The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present . Carol Publishing Corporation, Secaucus 1994. ISBN 0806515910
  • The coming storm . St. Martin's Press, New York City 1999. ISBN 0-312-20514-7
  • Was Against The Animals . St. Martin's Press, 2003. ISBN 0-312-20935-5
  • The Unreal Life of Sergey Vladimirovich Nabokov . Alyson Books, New York 2010. ISBN 978-1-59350-165-5

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SURNAME Russell, Paul Elliott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Memphis , Tennessee