Michael Chabon
Autor(a) de The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
About the Author
Michael Chabon was born in Washington, D.C. on May 24, 1963. He received a B.A. in English literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 1985 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in English writing at the University of California at Irvine in 1987. Chabon found success at the age of 24, when William mostrar mais Morrow publishing house offered him $155,000, a near-record sum, for the rights to his first novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which was his thesis in graduate school. After The Mysteries of Pittsburgh became a national bestseller, he began writing a series of short stories about a little boy dealing with his parents' divorce. The stories, which in part appeared in The New Yorker and G.Q., were bound together in 1991 into a volume titled A Model World and Other Stories. His other works include Wonder Boys, The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man, Telegraph Avenue, and Pop: Fatherhood in Pieces. In 2001 he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. He and Ayelet Waldman are co-editors of, Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation.. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Courtesy of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Séries
Obras por Michael Chabon
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (2009) 1,347 exemplares
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Editor — 168 exemplares
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation (2017) — Editor; Contribuidor — 110 exemplares
Star Trek: Picard - Season Two — Creator — 29 exemplares
Summerland / The Yiddish Policeman's Union 25 exemplares
The God of Dark Laughter 11 exemplares
Collected Fiction: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, and Werewolves in Their Youth (2018) 9 exemplares
The Martian Agent: An Interplanetary Romance 6 exemplares
Wonder Boys 3 exemplares
Along the Frontage Road 2 exemplares
The Escapists, Issue 6 1 exemplar
Black Mask Stories 1 exemplar
In the Black Mill 1 exemplar
On Music (in McSweeney's 33 - EGGERS) 1 exemplar
The Escapists, Issue 1 1 exemplar
The Escapists, Issue 2 1 exemplar
Norse Myths 1 exemplar
Moonglow - Signed / Autographed Copy 1 exemplar
The Escapists, Issue 3 1 exemplar
The Escapists, Issue 5 1 exemplar
Closing Time mammoth tales 1 exemplar
The Hofzinser Club 1 exemplar
The Escapists, Issue 4 1 exemplar
Associated Works
McSweeney's Issue 13 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): The Comics Issue (2004) — Contribuidor — 1,284 exemplares
Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art (1998) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 880 exemplares
Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories [Oxford World Classics] (1987) — Introdução, algumas edições — 393 exemplares
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Contribuidor — 266 exemplares
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Contribuidor — 261 exemplares
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection (1998) — Contribuidor — 241 exemplares
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Contribuidor — 132 exemplares
People of the Book: A Decade of Jewish Science Fiction & Fantasy (2010) — Contribuidor — 74 exemplares
Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland (2014) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 66 exemplares
Navigating The Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Dæmonology in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (2005) — Contribuidor — 62 exemplares
Step Right Up: Stories of Carnivals, Sideshows, and the Circus (2004) — Contribuidor — 50 exemplares
Kong Unbound: The Cultural Impact, Pop Mythos, and Scientific Plausibility of a Cinematic Legend (2005) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Amerika, Amerika bloemlezing — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
hebbes — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Steranko arte noir : [del 5 al 14 de julio, 2002, Semana Negra, Gijón, España — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Chabon, Michael
- Outros nomes
- Bach, Leon Chaim
Cohen, Malachi B.
Zorn, August Van - Data de nascimento
- 1963-05-24
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Locais de residência
- Washington, D.C., USA
Berkeley, Californië, USA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Columbia, Maryland, USA - Educação
- Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pittsburgh (BA | 1984)
University of California, Irvine (MFA | 1987 | Creative Writing) - Ocupações
- Schrijver
Columnist - Relações
- Waldman, Ayelet (Echtgenote)
- Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Helmerich Award (2008)
O. Henry Award (1999)
Pulitzer Prize (2001)
Nebula Award (2007)
Hugo Award (2008)
Sidewise Award (2008) (mostrar todos 7)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (2012) - Agente
- Evans, Mary
Membros
Discussions
"Moonglow" by Michael Chabon em 75 Books Challenge for 2022 (Março 2022)
Michael Chabon em Other People's Libraries (Novembro 2021)
THE DEEP ONES: "The God of Dark Laughter" by Michael Chabon em The Weird Tradition (Março 2015)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Group Read (May) em 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (Julho 2013)
GROUP READ - Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon em The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (Agosto 2012)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 78
- Also by
- 52
- Membros
- 61,608
- Popularidade
- #231
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 1,777
- ISBN
- 609
- Línguas
- 23
- Marcado como favorito
- 370