Edith Pearlman
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| Born | Edith Ann Grossman June 26, 1936 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 2023 (aged 86) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
| Occupation | Writer |
Edith Ann Pearlman (née Grossman; June 26, 1936 – January 1, 2023) was an American short story writer.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Pearlman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where she grew up in a middle-class Jewish neighborhood, the daughter of Edna (Rosen) and Herman Paul Grossman, an ophthalmologist. Her father was born in Ukraine, and her maternal grandparents emigrated from Poland.[2] She graduated from Radcliffe College.[3] She has worked in a computer firm and a soup kitchen and has served in the Town Meeting of Brookline, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Her non-fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Preservation, and Ploughshares. Her travel writing – about the Cotswolds, Budapest, Jerusalem, Paris, and Tokyo – has been published in The New York Times[4] and elsewhere.
In January 2015, her fifth collection of short stories, Honeydew, was chosen as one of Oprah Winfrey's "top 19 books to read right now".
Personal life and death
[edit]Pearlman lived in Brookline, Massachusetts, with her husband.[5] They had two children.
Pearlman died in Brookline on January 1, 2023, at the age of 86.[2]
Awards and honors
[edit]Source:[6]
- 2014 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize, shortlist, Binocular Vision[7]
- 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Binocular Vision
- 2011 Edward Lewis Wallant Award, Binocular Vision
- 2011 PEN/Malamud Award
- 2011 National Book Award for Fiction, finalist, Binocular Vision
- 2008 Pushcart Prize XXXIII, "Door Psalm"
- 2006 The Best American Short Stories 2006, "Self-Reliance"
- 2003 The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, "The Story"
- 2001 Pushcart Prize XXV, "Mates"
- 2000 The Best American Short Stories 2000, "Allog"
- 1999 The Antioch Review Distinguished Fiction Award
- 1998 The Best American Short Stories 1998, "Chance"
- 1991 Syndicated Fiction Award (from NEA)
- 1987 Syndicated Fiction Award
- 1984 The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, "Conveniences"
- 1978 The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, "Hanging Fire"
Works
[edit]Short story collections
[edit]- Vaquita and Other Stories. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1996. ISBN 9780822962113. Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize
- Love Among the Greats and Other Stories. Eastern Washington University Press. 2002. ISBN 9780910055802. Winner of Spokane Prize for Literature
- How to Fall: Stories. Sarabande Books. 2005. ISBN 9781932511116. Winner of Mary McCarthy Prize
- Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories. Lookout Books. 2011. ISBN 9780982338292.
- Honeydew: Stories. Little, Brown and Company. 2014. ISBN 9780316297226.
Anthologies
[edit]- Kathleen Coskran; Calvin William Truesdale, eds. (1998). An Inn Near Kyoto: Writing by American Women Abroad. New Rivers Press. ISBN 9780898231816.
- David Farley; Jessie Sholl, eds. (2006). "The Kiss". Prague and the Czech Republic: True Stories. Travelers' Tales. ISBN 9781932361339.
References
[edit]- ^ Edith Pearlman, Author Spotlight, Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories
- ^ a b Chace, Rebecca (January 1, 2023). "Edith Pearlman, Writer Who Won Acclaim Late in Life, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ [1] Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine "Love Among the Greats by Edith Pearlman '57", Radcliffe Quarterly, Summer 2003
- ^ [2] Works by Edith Pearlman, New York Times, "Travel" section
- ^ [3] Edith Pearlman, Poets & Writers, Directory of Writers
- ^ [4] Edith Pearlman website
- ^ "The 2014 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize Shortlist" (Press release). Book Trade. November 27, 2013. Archived from the original on November 30, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
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- 1936 births
- 2023 deaths
- American women short story writers
- Radcliffe College alumni
- PEN/Malamud Award winners
- Lincoln School (Providence, Rhode Island) alumni
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- Jewish American short story writers
- American women travel writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American short story writers
- American travel writers
- Writers from Providence, Rhode Island
- Writers from Brookline, Massachusetts
- National Book Critics Circle Award winners