Chris Adrian
Encyclopedia
Chris Adrian is an American
author
. Adrian's writing styles in short stories vary a great deal, from modernist realism to pronounced lyrical allegory. His novels both tend toward surrealism
, having mostly realistic characters experience fantastic circumstances. He has written three novels: Gob's Grief, The Children's Hospital
, and The Great Night. In 2008, he published A Better Angel, a collection of short stories. His short fiction has also appeared in The Paris Review, Zoetrope, Ploughshares
, McSweeney's
, The New Yorker
, The Best American Short Stories, and Story
. He was one of 11 fiction writers to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 2009.
in 1993. He received his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School
in 2001. He completed a pediatric residency at the University of California, San Francisco
, was a student at Harvard Divinity School
, and is currently in the pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at UCSF. He is also a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
.
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Author
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. Adrian's writing styles in short stories vary a great deal, from modernist realism to pronounced lyrical allegory. His novels both tend toward surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
, having mostly realistic characters experience fantastic circumstances. He has written three novels: Gob's Grief, The Children's Hospital
The Children's Hospital
The Children's Hospital is the second novel by Chris Adrian, published in 2006 by McSweeney's.- Introduction :The Children's Hospital is a very long, ambitious work, with the first edition copies running some 615 pages long . The novel starts within the maternity ward of a famous hospital...
, and The Great Night. In 2008, he published A Better Angel, a collection of short stories. His short fiction has also appeared in The Paris Review, Zoetrope, Ploughshares
Ploughshares
Ploughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
, McSweeney's
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is a literary journal, first published in 1998, edited by Dave Eggers. The first issue featured only works rejected by other magazines, but thereafter the journal began to include pieces written with McSweeney's in mind. McSweeney’s has since published works by...
, The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, The Best American Short Stories, and Story
Story (magazine)
Story was a magazine founded in 1931 by journalist-editor Whit Burnett and his first wife, Martha Foley, in Vienna, Austria. Showcasing short stories by new authors, 67 copies of the debut issue were mimeographed in Vienna, and two years later, Story moved to New York City where Burnett and Foley...
. He was one of 11 fiction writers to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in 2009.
Education
Adrian completed his Bachelor's degree in English from the University of FloridaUniversity of Florida
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in 1993. He received his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Eastern Virginia Medical School commonly referred to as EVMS, in Norfolk, Virginia is a public-private medical school founded by the citizens of Hampton Roads, Virginia...
in 2001. He completed a pediatric residency at the University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
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, was a student at Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. The School's mission is to train and educate its students either in the academic study of religion, or for the practice of a religious ministry or other public...
, and is currently in the pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at UCSF. He is also a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
.
Novels
- Gob's Grief (2001)
- The Children's HospitalThe Children's HospitalThe Children's Hospital is the second novel by Chris Adrian, published in 2006 by McSweeney's.- Introduction :The Children's Hospital is a very long, ambitious work, with the first edition copies running some 615 pages long . The novel starts within the maternity ward of a famous hospital...
(2006) - The Great Night (2011)
Short Story collections
- A Better Angel (collection, 2008, FSG)http://us.macmillan.com/abetterangel includes:
- High Speeds (1997) (originally published in Story)
- The Sum of Our Parts (1999) (originally published in PloughsharesPloughsharesPloughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
) - Stab (2006) (originally published in Zoetrope: All-Story)
- The Vision of Peter Damien (2007) (originally published in Zoetrope: All-Story)
- A Better Angel (2006) (originally published in the New Yorker)
- The Changeling (2007) (originally published in EsquireEsquire (magazine)Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
as "Promise Breaker") - A Hero of Chickamauga (1999) (originally published in Story)
- A Child's Book of Sickness and Death (2004) (originally published in McSweeney's 14)
- Why Antichrist? (2007) (originally published in Tin HouseTin HouseTin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance...
)
- Uncollected
- You Can Have It (1996) (published in The Paris Review 141)
- Grief (1997) (published in StoryStory (magazine)Story was a magazine founded in 1931 by journalist-editor Whit Burnett and his first wife, Martha Foley, in Vienna, Austria. Showcasing short stories by new authors, 67 copies of the debut issue were mimeographed in Vienna, and two years later, Story moved to New York City where Burnett and Foley...
) - Every Night for a Thousand Years (1997) (published in The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
) - Horse and Horseman (1998) (published in Zoetrope: All-StoryZoetrope: All-StoryZoetrope: All-Story is an American literary magazine that was launched in 1997 by Francis Ford Coppola. Blooming from Francis Coppola's "Crazy Idea Department," All-Story is devoted to showcasing the most promising voices in short-fiction...
) Available online - The Glass House (2000) (published in The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
) - The Stepfather (2005) (published in McSweeney's 18)
- A Tiny Feast (2009) (published in The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
) - The Black Square (2009) (published in McSweeney's 32)
- The Warm Fuzzies (2010) (published in The New YorkerThe New YorkerThe New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
)