Kathryn Davis
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Kathryn Davis is an award-winning American
novelist.
Davis has taught at Skidmore College
, and is now senior fiction writer in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
.
She is a recipient of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize
, the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999
, a 2000
Guggenheim Fellowship
, and a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction in 2006.
Davis lives in Montpelier, Vermont
, with her husband, the novelist and essayist Eric Zencey
. The couple has one daughter, Daphne, who is a graduate student at Syracuse University.
American literature
American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history, America was a series of British...
novelist.
Davis has taught at Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
, and is now senior fiction writer in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
.
She is a recipient of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize
Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize
The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is annually awarded for fiction by an American woman.The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies and the Department of English at the University of Rochester have awarded the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for fiction by an American woman since...
, the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1999
1999 in literature
The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized...
, a 2000
2000 in literature
The year 2000 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* February 13 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published...
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...
, and a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction in 2006.
Davis lives in Montpelier, Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont
Montpelier is a city in the U.S. state of Vermont that serves as the state capital and the shire town of Washington County. As the capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the site of the Vermont State House, seat of the legislative branch of Vermont government. The population was 7,855 at the 2010...
, with her husband, the novelist and essayist Eric Zencey
Eric Zencey
Eric Zencey is an American author of two books.Panama is an historical novel set in Paris in 1893, in which the American historian Henry Adams becomes entangled in the Panama scandals, the scandals and political crisis that befell France as a consequence of the bankruptcy of the French Panama...
. The couple has one daughter, Daphne, who is a graduate student at Syracuse University.
Novels
- Labrador, (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 19881988 in literatureThe year 1988 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye*J.G. Ballard - Memories of the Space Age*Iain M...
) - The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf, (Knopf, 19931993 in literatureThe year 1993 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Professor Stephen Hawking's book, A Brief History of Time, becomes the longest running book on the bestseller list of The Sunday Times....
) - Hell, (Ecco, 19981998 in literatureThe year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 5 - Tennessee Williams' 1938 play, Not About Nightingales, receives its stage première....
) - The Walking Tour, (Houghton Mifflin, 19991999 in literatureThe year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized...
) - Versailles, (Houghton Mifflin, 20022002 in literatureThe year 2002 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem The Corrupt on Earth that criticized the state's Islamic...
) - The Thin Place, (Little, Brown, 20062006 in literatureThe year 2006 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Literature:*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun*Chris Adrian - The Children's Hospital *Martin Amis - House of Meetings...
)
Biographical information
- http://www.lannan.org/lf/bios/detail/kathryn-davis/ Lannan Foundation biographical information on Davis
The Thin Place
- "A Tiny World That Teems with Life," Yvonne Zipp in The Christian Science MonitorThe Christian Science MonitorThe Christian Science Monitor is an international newspaper published daily online, Monday to Friday, and weekly in print. It was started in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist. As of 2009, the print circulation was 67,703.The CSM is a newspaper that covers...
, January 24, 2006 - "All Creatures Here Below," Lucy Ellmann in The New York Times Book ReviewThe New York Times Book ReviewThe New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York...
, February 5, 2006 - "Resurrection in a town long on violence," Irena Reyn in The San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2006
- "The Thin Place," Laura Miller in Salon, January 26, 2006. (subscription required)
- "Milk and Terror: Kathryn Davis Crosses the Border," Joy Press in The Village VoiceThe Village VoiceThe Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
, January 20, 2006 - "Close Encounters of an Everyday Kind," Julia Lifshin in The Washington PostThe Washington PostThe Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
Book World, March 5, 2006