Nicole Krauss
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Nicole Krauss (born 1974) is an American writer who lives in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, novelist Jonathan Safran Foer and their son, Sasha.
Krauss' first novel Man Walks Into a Room was published in 2002 and shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Her second novel The History of Love was released in early 2005. The History of Love was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2006. Krauss' fiction has also appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, and Best American Short Stories.
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[edit] Biography
Nicole Krauss was raised on Long Island where she felt she had "the last American childhood." As a child, she was very creative, coming up with games such as "Office" where she pretended to be a travel agent and set up vacations for tourists. In her 20s, she wrote poetry, which she said "felt like the great goal of the language."
Krauss graduated from Stanford, and went on to receive degrees from Oxford University, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar, and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She has been a finalist for the Yale Younger Poet's Prize, and her poetry has appeared in publications such as the Paris Review, Ploughshares, and Doubletake.[1]
After she completed a thesis at Oxford on Joseph Cornell, she abruptly quit poetry, calling it "an impossible quest for poetic precision."[2]
[edit] Works
- Man Walks Into a Room (2003)
- The History of Love (2005)
[edit] Adaptations
The History of Love was optioned by Warner Brothers in 2005.[3] It is set to be directed by Alfonso Cuarón,[4] who recently directed Children of Men and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The film is scheduled to be released in 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ McGruder, Krista. interview.nicole.krauss. Small Spiral Notebook. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
- ^ Kachka, Boris. "Bio Hazards", New York, May 16, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
- ^ Fleming, Michael; Cathy Dunkley. "WB buys book of 'Love'", Variety, January 20, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
- ^ Brawarsky, Sandee. "‘Love’ Tries to Solve Mystery of the Heart", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, JewishJournal.com, June 10, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
[edit] External links
- "The Last Words on Earth"—free full text on The New Yorker website (originally published in the February 9, 2004 issue)
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