Elizabeth Eslami is an Iranian American writer of novels, essays, and short stories.
Life
editElizabeth Eslami was born in Gaffney, South Carolina.[1] She received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and her MFA from the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. Her debut novel, Bone Worship, appeared in 2010. Her essays, short stories, and travel writing have appeared or are forthcoming in The Sun, The Literary Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Crab Orchard Review,[2] The Millions,[3] Matador Network [4] and others. She is a frequent contributor to The Nervous Breakdown. Her work is also featured in the anthologies Tremors: New Fiction By Iranian American Writers (2013)[5] and Writing Off Script: Writers on the Influence of Cinema (2011).[6] Eslami was awarded the 2013 Ohio State University Short Fiction Prize for her collection of short stories, Hibernate,[7] which was also a finalist for the 2011 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
Eslami taught Creative Writing at Indiana University from 2014-2016. She is now the Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at DePauw University.[8]
Awards
edit- 2013 Ohio State University Short Fiction Prize for Hibernate
Works
edit- Bone Worship. NY: Pegasus Books. 2010. ISBN 1605980749.
- Writing Off Script: Writers on the Influence of Cinema. Calavera Books. 2011.
- Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers. University of Arkansas Press. 2013.
- Hibernate. Ohio State University Press. 2014.
References
edit- ^ Beasley, Rachel. "Gaffney native's novel helps woman discover past, future". GoUpstate.com. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Crab Orchard Review Volume 14, Number 2". Craborchardreview.siu.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Elegy for a Stillborn Story". The Millions. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Field notes from Elizabeth Eslami". Matador Network. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Fiction Review: Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian American Writers by Edited by Anita Amirrezvani and Persis Karim". Publishersweekly.com. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Digital Anthology Raises Money for Joplin Schools Tornado Relief Fund - GalleyCat". Mediabistro.com. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "OSU Short Fiction Prize". Ohiostatepress.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Eslami Appointed Boswell Distinguished Professor". Retrieved 2016-08-25.