Paul Russell (novelist) explained

Paul Russell
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Oberlin College
Cornell University
Awards:Ferro-Grumley Award (2000, 2012)

Paul Russell is an American novelist, poet and short story writer. He is a two-time winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction, in 2000 for The Coming Storm and in 2012 for The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov.[1] The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov is a fictionalized portrayal of a real person - Sergey Nabokov, the gay younger brother of Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, about whom very little concrete biographical information is known.[2]

Russell grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, where his father Jack was a mathematics professor at Southwestern at Memphis. He studied at Oberlin College and Cornell University.[2] He is a professor of English literature at Vassar College.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. "Cleis Press and Viva Editions Announce the Debut of Audiobooks Produced by Renowned Susie Bright". PRWeb, February 6, 2013.
  2. News: Paul Russell on a forgotten Nabokov ... and the writing life. Memphis Flyer. February 9, 2012.
  3. http://archives.chronogram.com/issue/2012/1/Books/Speak-Imagination?page=1 "Speak, Imagination"