Ehud Havazelet
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Ehud Havazelet is an American
novelist and short story writer.
. His father, Meir Havazelet, a rabbi
and professor at Yeshiva University
emigrated to the United States in 1957. He graduated from Columbia University
in 1977, and received an M.F.A at the University of Iowa
Writers Workshop in 1984. He became a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University
, from 1985 to 1989, and a Wallace Stegner Fellow
. He taught creative writing at Oregon State University from 1989 to 1999. Since 1999, he has taught at the University of Oregon
, where he holds the position of Professor of Creative Writing.
United States
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novelist and short story writer.
Early life and education
Ehud Havazelet was born in Jerusalem, IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. His father, Meir Havazelet, a rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
and professor at Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City, with six campuses in New York and one in Israel. Founded in 1886, it is a research university ranked as 45th in the US among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2012...
emigrated to the United States in 1957. He graduated from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1977, and received an M.F.A at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
Writers Workshop in 1984. He became a Jones Lecturer at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, from 1985 to 1989, and a Wallace Stegner Fellow
Stegner Fellowship
The Stegner Fellowship program is a two-year creative writing fellowship at Stanford University. The award is named after American Wallace Stegner , an historian, novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and Stanford faculty member who founded the university's creative writing program. Ten...
. He taught creative writing at Oregon State University from 1989 to 1999. Since 1999, he has taught at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
, where he holds the position of Professor of Creative Writing.
Honors
- Pushcart PrizePushcart PrizeThe 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....
, 1988 - California Book Award, 1988
- Bay Area Book Reviewers Award, 1988
- Literary Arts Fellowship, 1990
- Literary Arts Fellowship,1994
- Whiting Writers' AwardWhiting Writers' AwardThe Whiting Writers' Award is an American award presented annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The award is sponsored by the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and has been presented since 1985. As of 2007, winners receive US $50,000.-External links:**...
, 1999 - Oregon Book AwardOregon Book AwardThe Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for "the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature." -History:...
for fiction, 1999 - Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, 2000
- Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
, 2001 - Edward Lewis Wallant AwardEdward Lewis Wallant AwardIn 1962, the Edward Lewis Wallant Award was established at the University of Hartford, in Connecticut, USA. It is presented annually to an American writer whose fiction is considered to have significance for American Jews...
, 2007 - Oregon Book AwardOregon Book AwardThe Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by Literary Arts, Inc. for "the finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature." -History:...
for fiction, 2008 - University of Oregon Fund for Faculty Excellence Award, 2008
- The Best American Short Stories, 2011
Works
- What Is It Then between Us? (short stories), Scribner, 1988.
- Like Never Before, (short stories), Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998.
- Bearing the Body, (novel), Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007.