Richard Panek Explained

Richard Panek
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:Author, Science Communicator
Nationality:American
Education:B.S., Journalism, Northwestern University
M.F.A., fiction, University of Iowa
Period:1995–present
Genre:non-fiction, popular science
Subject:Space, the universe, gravity, autism
Spouse:Meg Wolitzer
Awards:New York Foundation for the Arts FellowshipGuggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Antarctic Artists and Writers Program GrantAmerican Institute of Physics 2012 Science Communication Award for Journalism

Years Active:1995–present

Richard Panek is an American popular science writer, columnist, and journalist who specializes in the topics of space, the universe, and gravity. He has published several books and has written articles for a number of news outlets and scientific organizations, including Scientific American, WIRED, New Scientist, and Discover.

Education and career

Born in Chicago, Panek received his Bachelor's of Science in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and then a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Iowa's Iowa Writers' Workshop. His writing career began with his short fiction publications in papers like the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times.[1]

He went on to be a faculty adviser for Goddard College for their Master's Creative Writing program and also taught creative writing classes at Barnard College. He is also a frequent speaker and presenter at writing seminars for Johns Hopkins University.[2]

In 2003 Panek donated the writing material for his first book, Waterloo Diamonds, to be a special collection at the University of Northern Iowa.[1]

He was one of three screenwriters for the giant-screen 2015 film Robots.[3]

The Last Word On Nothing

Panek first joined the multi-author blog known as The Last Word On Nothing after being invited as a contributor by Ann Finkbeiner.[4]

Awards and grants

For his early short fiction work in various newspapers, Panek was given the PEN Award for Syndicated Fiction in 1989, leading to him delivering readings of his work at the Library of Congress.[5] In 2007, he received a Fellowship for science writing from the New York Foundation for the Arts. It was in 2008 that he received an additional fellowship for the same, but from the Guggenheim Foundation,[6] along with a grant from the Antarctic Artists and Writers Program as awarded by the National Science Foundation.[7] The American Institute of Physics gave Panek the 2012 Science Communication Award for Journalism after the publication of his book The 4 Percent Universe.[8] The Goodreads Choice Awards for 2013 in Nonfiction was given to Panek and his co-author Temple Grandin for their book The Autistic Brain.[9]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Panek Papers, 1983–1995 . . 2020 . Special Collections & University Archives . . December 11, 2020.
  2. News: . Weekly Calendar: Discussion/Talks . . September 29, 2008 . December 11, 2020.
  3. News: . 'Robots': Film Review . . June 9, 2015 . December 11, 2020.
  4. News: Zivkovic . Bora . November 29, 2011 . Scienceblogging: a Q&A with the crew of The Last Word on Nothing . . December 11, 2020.
  5. Book: McClung, James W. . September 30, 1989 . Annual Report of the Library of Congress 1989 . . 62.
  6. Web site: Fellows – Richard Panek . . 2020 . . December 11, 2020.
  7. Web site: Past Participants . . 2020 . . . December 11, 2020 . Richard Panek, Writer, 2008. Traveling to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station he visited the South Pole Telescope (SPT) site and interviewed scientists working on project. The South Pole Telescope is an integral component of a book that he is writing called, Let There Be Dark: At the Dawn of the Next Universe; a comprehensive account of dark matter, dark energy, and the revolution in our understanding of the universe. Award #: 0739893.
  8. Web site: 2012 Science Communication Award – Richard Panek . . 2012 . . December 11, 2020.
  9. News: . Goodreads Choice Awards Announce Their "Best Books of 2013" . . December 3, 2013 . December 11, 2020.
  10. Panek . Richard . Brian Keating . Episode 32: Brian Keating Interviews Richard Panek About The Trouble With Gravity . Arthur C. Clarke Center For Human Imagination . 2019 . Into The Impossible . December 11, 2020.
  11. Oakes . Andrew I. . December 2012 . Review: The 4 Percent Universe . . 106 . 6 . 259 . 0035-872X . December 9, 2020 . vanc.
  12. Panek . Richard . . Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Universe . . January 19, 2011 . . December 11, 2020.
  13. Panek . Richard . . Richard Panek . . July 14, 2004 . . December 11, 2020.
  14. Book: . Siegel . Ben . Halio . Jay L. . Friedman . Melvin J. . American Literary Dimensions: Poems and Essays in Honor of Melvin J. Friedman . . 202–216 . 1999 . 9780874136869.
  15. News: Blades . John . August 7, 1995 . America's Past Time . . December 11, 2020.

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