Randa Jarrar
| Randa Jarrar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1978 (age 36–37) Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
Randa Jarrar (born 1978 in Chicago) is a Palestinian-American novelist,[1] short story writer, and translator.[2]
Life
She grew up in Kuwait and Egypt, and moved to New York at the age of 13.[3] She attended Sarah Lawrence College, and studied creative writing, then went on to receive a MA in Middle Eastern Studies from UT Austin and a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan. She has taught College Writing, Creative Writing, and Arab-American literature.
Her first novel, A Map of Home,[1] has been published in the United States, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, China, and Israel. In March of 2014 she published an article on Salon.com titled "Why I Can't Stand White Belly Dancers", briefly gaining notoriety and many negative reviews.
She lives in Austin, Texas and is at work on a collection of stories and a second novel.
Awards
- 2004 Million Writers Award for best short story online [4]
- 2007 Hopwood Award for Best Novel[5]
- 2008 Chamberlain Prize
- 2009 Arab American Book Award
- 2010 Beirut 39 (Best 39 writers of Arab origin under 40)
Bibliography
- A Map of Home: A Novel Hardcover: Other Press 2008. ISBN 1590512723.
- A Map of Home: A Novel Paperback: Penguin 2009. ISBN 0143116266.
- Translation
- The Year Of The Revolutionary New Bread-making Machine by Hassan Daoud, 2007. ISBN 9781846590269, Published by Telegram, Paperback
- Jo Glanville, ed. (2006). Qissat: short stories by Palestinian women. Telegram. ISBN 9781846590122.
- Anthologies
- Words Without Borders: The World Through the Eyes of Writers, Alane Salierno Mason, Dedi Felman, Samantha Schnee (eds), Anchor Books, March 2007, ISBN 9781400079759
- "Why I Can't Stand White Women Belly Dancing" article on Salon.com March 2014
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jarrar, Randa (April 13, 2012). "I Was 18 and Pregnant". The New York Times.
- ↑ Jarrar, Randa (March 4, 2014). "Why I can’t stand white belly dancers". Salon.com.
- ↑ Random House
- ↑ Storysouth.com
- ↑ Lsa.umich.edu
External links
- Author's website
- Author's blog
- Randa Jarrar at Goodreads
- Author Bio, Other Press
- Random House Page
- 2009 Arab American Book Awards Winner
- Entertainment Weekly Review
- Ploughshares Bio and story
- "Randa Jarrar discusses her novel, A Map of Home", kabobfest, September 2009
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