Jeffery Renard Allen
Auteur de Song of the Shank: A Novel
A propos de l'auteur
Jeffery Allen is the author of two collections of poetry, Stellar Places and Harbors and Spirits, and two works of fiction, the widely celebrated novel, Rails Under My Back, which won The Chicago Tribune's Heartland Prize for Fiction, and the story collection Holding Pattern, which won the Ernest afficher plus J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. His other awards include a Whiting Writer's Award, a support grant from Creative Capital, The Chicago Public Library's Twenty-first Century Award, a Recognition for Pioneering Achievements in Fiction from the African American Literature and Culture Association, the 2003 Charles Angoff award for fiction from The Literary Review, and special citations from the Society for Midlands Authors and the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation. He has been a fellow at The Dorothy L. and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at The New York Public Library, a John Farrar Fellow in Fiction at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a Walter E. Dakins Fellow in Fiction at the Sewanee Writers' Conference. In 2015 he was named a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his title Song of the Shank. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Author Jeffery Renard Allen at the 2015 Texas Book Festival. Renard won a Whiting Award in 2002. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44610345
Œuvres de Jeffery Renard Allen
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1962-07-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- University of Illinois, Chicago (PhD)
- Prix et distinctions
- Whiting Writers' Award (2002)
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ASmithey | 1 autre critique | Aug 31, 2014 |
ASmithey | 1 autre critique | Aug 31, 2014 | 
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This was a VERY well written book. Renard's phrasing is incredible, and although this was one of the tougher reads I've had in a while, it was well worth it. My heart ached for Tom and how much he was misunderstood. I really enjoyed how it read as a work of non-fiction, instead of the historical fiction that it was. After hearing that it took Renard over 8 years to finally get this published, I can see where this book was a true labour of love. Very deep and emotional read, for sure.… (plus d'informations)
This was a VERY well written book. Renard's phrasing is incredible, and although this was one of the tougher reads I've had in a while, it was well worth it. My heart ached for Tom and how much he was misunderstood. I really enjoyed how it read as a work of non-fiction, instead of the historical fiction that it was. After hearing that it took Renard over 8 years to finally get this published, I can see where this book was a true labour of love. Very deep and emotional read, for sure.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Aussi par
- 5
- Membres
- 259
- Popularité
- #88,671
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 18
This was a VERY well written book. Renard's phrasing is incredible, and although this was one of the tougher reads I've had in a while, it was well worth it. My heart ached for Tom and how much he was misunderstood. I really enjoyed how it read as a work of non-fiction, instead of the historical fiction that it was. After hearing that it took Renard over 8 years to finally get this published, I can see where this book was a true labour of love. Very deep and emotional read, for sure.… (plus d'informations)