Alexi Zentner
Encyclopedia
Alexi Zentner is a Canadian
/ American
short story writer, and novelist.
with an MFA.
He taught at Cornell University.
His fiction has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly
, Narrative Magazine
(where it was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize).
He lives in Ithaca, New York
, with his wife and two daughters.
is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite. Two of Alexi’s short stories were also selected for “special mention” in the 2008 Pushcart Prize
anthology.
“Trapline” was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize.
His debut novel Touch was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
/ American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
short story writer, and novelist.
Life
He graduated from Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
with an MFA.
He taught at Cornell University.
His fiction has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...
, Narrative Magazine
Narrative Magazine
Narrative Magazine was founded in 2003 by former Esquire editor Tom Jenks and author, Carol Edgarian. Narrative is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the literary arts in the digital age. Its online library of writing by established writers, such as T. C...
(where it was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize).
He lives in Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York
The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...
, with his wife and two daughters.
Awards
His short story “Touch,” originally published in Tin HouseTin House
Tin House is an American literary magazine and book publisher based in Portland, Oregon and New York City. The Tin House magazine was conceived in the summer of 1998 by Portland publisher Win McCormack. He envisioned a journal that would be graphically appealing and free of the stale substance...
is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite. Two of Alexi’s short stories were also selected for “special mention” in the 2008 Pushcart Prize
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
anthology.
“Trapline” was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize.
His debut novel Touch was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Scotiabank Giller Prize
The Scotiabank Giller Prize, or Giller Prize, is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries...
.