Adria Bernardi
Encyclopedia
Life
Her work appears in Metamorphoses.She is on the faculty of the Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College
Warren Wilson College is a private four-year work college in the Swannanoa Valley, North Carolina, United States near Asheville. It is known for its curriculum of work, academics, and service, called "the Triad," which requires every student to work an on-campus job, perform at least one hundred...
, and teaches at Clark University
Clark University
Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...
.
Awards
- 2010-2011 Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship
- 2007 Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards
- 2000 Drue Heinz Literature PrizeDrue Heinz Literature PrizeThe Drue Heinz Literature Prize is a major American literary award for short fiction in the English language.This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA was initiated in 1981 by Mrs. Drue Heinz and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel...
recipient, selected by Frank ConroyFrank ConroyFrank Conroy was an American author, born in New York, New York to an American father and a Danish mother. He published five books, including the highly acclaimed memoir Stop-Time, published in 1967, which ultimately made Conroy a noted figure in the literary world... - 1999 Bakeless Fiction Prize
- 1998 recipient of the A. E. Coppard Award for Short Fiction
- 1995 recipient of the James Fellowship for Novel
Review
When news arrives from the outside world, Bartolomeo notes that we hear it in fragments, we hear it in imperfect remnants. Like this artist, who creates his work from shards of glass and pottery, Bernardi pulls all of this novel's disparate elements together.