Gretel Ehrlich Explained

Gretel Ehrlich
Birth Date:21 January 1946
Birth Place:Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation:Writer
Period:1978–present
Genre:Non fiction
Notableworks:This Cold Heaven[1] [2]
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Partner:Neal Conan (2014 to his death)
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Awards:Whiting Award
Henry David Thoreau Prize[3]

Gretel Ehrlich is an American travel writer, poet and essayist.

Biography

Born in 1946 in Santa Barbara, California,[4] she studied at Bennington College and UCLA film school. She began to write full-time in 1978 while living on a Wyoming ranch after the death of a loved one. Ehrlich debuted in 1985 with The Solace of Open Spaces, a collection of essays on rural life in Wyoming.[5] Her first novel was also set in Wyoming, entitled Heart Mountain (1988), about a community being invaded by an internment camp for Japanese Americans.

One of Ehrlich's best-received books is a volume of creative nonfiction essays called Islands, The Universe, Home. Her characteristic style of merging intense, vivid, factual observations of nature with a wryly mystical personal voice is evident in this work.[6] Other books include This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland[7] [8] and two volumes of poetry.

In 1991 Ehrlich was hit by lightning and was incapacitated for several years. She wrote a book about the experience, A Match to the Heart, which was published in 1994.[9] Since 1993, she has traveled extensively, especially through Greenland, Japan[10] and western China.[11] [12]

Her work is frequently anthologised, including The Nature Reader. She has also received many grants. In 1991, she collaborated with British choreographer Siobhan Davies, writing and recording a poem cycle for a ballet that opened in the Southbank Centre in London.[13] [14] [15]

Selected bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: review of This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich . 2001 . PublishersWeekly.com .
  2. Web site: 'This Cold Heaven' . NPR . 2001-12-21 .
  3. https://pen.org/henry-david-thoreau-prize/ PEN New England - Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing
  4. http://www.librarything.com/author/ehrlichgretel Library Thing
  5. News: review of The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich. The New York Times. Moore, Judith. December 1, 1985. 41, Section 7.
  6. Web site: review of Islands, the Universe, Home by Gretel Ehrlich . Kirkus Reviews . 1991-10-01 .
  7. Web site: Diski . Jenny . Jenny Diski . Review: This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland by Gretel Ehrlich . the Guardian . 2002-02-16 .
  8. Web site: Birnbaum . Robert . Gretel Ehrlich Interview (This Cold Heaven) . Identity Theory . 2001-12-28 . Remembering Robert Birnbaum by Matt Borondy, December 8, 2023 Robert Birnbaum was a journalist and a longtime friend of Howard Zinn.
  9. News: Hass, Robert. Robert Hass. review of A Match to the Heart by Gretel Ehrlich. June 26, 1994. The Washington Post.
  10. Ehrlich, Gretel. Japan, After the Wave. 2013. Orion Magazine.
  11. Web site: review of Questions of Heaven: The Chinese Journeys of an American Buddhist by Gretel Ehrlich. Publishers Weekly. 1997.
  12. Web site: Gretel Ehrlich, Panelist . January 2006 Key West Literary Seminar . 2024-01-11.
  13. http://www.siobhandaviesreplay.com/record.php?id=4 The Archive of Siobhan Davies Dance - Arctic Heart
  14. http://www.mussooriewriters.com/2012/05/22/gretel-ehrlich/ Mussoorie Writers - Gretel Ehrlich
  15. http://braidedriver.org/authors?view=employee&id=13 Braided River: Gretel Ehrlich - Essayist
  16. Web site: Gretel Ehrlich discusses her book, Unsolaced, with Frances McCue. February 1, 2021. Elliott Bay Book Company. YouTube. (See Frances McCue.)

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