William Giraldi

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William Giraldi (born May 11, 1974 in Connecticut ) is an American critic , essayist and writer .

Life

Giraldi made his debut as a novelist with Busy Monsters in 2011 , was a finalist in the National Magazine Awards in the Essays and Reviews category for his article The Physics of Speed in the same year and received the Pushcart Prize for his essay Freaky Beasts . In 2015 Giraldi's novel Wolfsnächte (in the original Hold the Dark ) was published. It is Giraldi's first book to be published in German. In September 2015 it was announced that Jeremy Saulnier had directed a cinematic adaptation of the novel. Giraldi's novel The Hero's Body is due to appear in September .

Giraldi currently works as an editor for the political magazine The New Republic and as senior editor and senior fiction editor for the literary magazine AGNI at Boston University , where he also teaches. Giraldi also writes regular reviews for The New York Times Book Review .

Giraldi lives in Boston with his wife and three sons .

Works (selection)

Web links

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frédéric Fontès: Poche: Aucun homme ni dieu - William Giraldi In: focus-litterature.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016 (French)
  2. ^ William Giraldi In: harvard.com, September 8, 2011.
  3. ↑ Knut Cordsen: Demonic Darkness in Alaska In: Deutschlandradio Kultur, March 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ William Giraldi In: concordfestivalofauthors.com. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  5. ^ A Conversation with Steve Almond and William Giraldi In: researchgate.net, January 2013.
  6. ↑ Marcus Müntefering: Alaska adventure 'Wolfsnächte': If only the testosterone keeps you warm In: Spiegel Online, March 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ Jeff Sneider: 'Green Room' Director Jeremy Saulnier Reteams With A24 for Revenge Movie 'Hold the Dark' In: thewrap.com, September 24, 2015.
  8. ^ William Giraldi In: Boston University - AGNI. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ a b William Giraldi. About In: wgiraldi.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  10. ^ William Giraldi In: hoffmann-und-campe.de. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ William Giraldi In: thesunmagazine.org. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ Thrill Me: Barry Hannah in Memoriam In: AGNI, Issue 72 (2010).
  13. ↑ Wolfsnächte ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hoffmann-und-campe.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: hoffmann-und-campe.de. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ William Giraldi and Sarah Braunstein: Night Of The Moose In: thesunmagazine.org, February 2016, issue 482.
  15. ^ Bill Henderson: Pushcart prize XXXV, 2011: best of the small presses , Pushcart Press, New York, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Giraldi, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American critic, essayist, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Connecticut , United States