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Arna Bontemps Hemenway

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Arna Bontemps Hemenway is an American author and professor most known for his book Elegy on Kinderklavier,[1] which won the PEN/Hemingway Prize, was a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, and was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize.[2] Today, he is an associate professor of creative writing at Baylor University.[3] He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Awards

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  • PEN/Hemingway Prize[4][5]
  • Finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Award
  • Long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize

Publications

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Books

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  • Elegy on Kinderklavier
  • "The Fugue" in Best American Short Stories 2015

Stories

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  • “Wolves of Karelia”[7]
  • "The IED"
  • "Helping"
  • "The Fugue"
  • "Asleep in the Monastery"
  • "A Self-Made Man"
  • "A Life"
  • "In the Mosque of Imam Alwani"
  • "Elegy on Kinderklavier"
  • "Behind the Mountains Are More Mountains"
  • "Fetal Anatomy Assessment"
  • "This Life, Unbidden"
  • "The Third Thing That Killed Cat Hoseman"

References

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  1. ^ "Pain and Perspective: An Interview with Arna Bontemps Hemenway – F(r)iction". frictionlit.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  2. ^ "BIOGRAPHY". Arna Bontemps Hemenway. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  3. ^ "Mr. Arna Bontemps Hemenway". English | Baylor University. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  4. ^ "Interview with Arna Bontemps Hemenway, 2015 PEN/Hemingway Award Winner | The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  5. ^ "2015 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction". PEN America. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  6. ^ "Publications". Arna Bontemps Hemenway. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  7. ^ Hemenway, Arna Bontemps (2019-07-19). "Fiction: Wolves of Karelia". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-04-09.