Lorian Hemingway
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Lorian Hemingway is an American author, whose books include the memoir Walk on Water, the novel "Walking Into the River", and the non-fiction book "A World Turned Over" about the devastation of her hometown, South Jackson, Mississippi
, by the Candlestick Park Tornado
in 1966. Her articles have appeared in GQ, The New York Times Magazine
, Esquire
, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
, and Rolling Stone
.
, The Boston Globe
, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, and TIME Magazine, among others. Her nature essays have appeared in several anthologies, including "Uncommon Waters", "The Gift of Trout", "Headwaters", "A Different Angle" and "Growing Up in Mississippi." She is former editor-at-large of Flyfishing & Tying Journal.
In 1981, she founded the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition which is "dedicated to recognizing and supporting the work of emerging writers." The competition, which is open to U.S. and international citizens, draws between 600 and 900 submissions annually.
, the daughter of Gregory Hemingway
. Her mother, the late Shirley Jane Rhodes, was a former Powers model. Hemingway is one of twelve grandchildren of Ernest Hemingway
. Hemingway is the great-granddaughter of a Cherokee
chief on her mother's side.
Her daughter is writer and Chum literary magazine editor, Cristen Hemingway Jaynes.
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
, by the Candlestick Park Tornado
Candlestick Park Tornado
On March 3, 1966, a violent F5 tornado, dubbed the Candlestick Park tornado after the name of a Jackson, Mississippi shopping mall which was leveled by the storm, wrought catastrophic damage in Mississippi and Alabama along a track. The tornado first touched down in Hinds County, Mississippi...
in 1966. Her articles have appeared in GQ, The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
, Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is an online newspaper and former print newspaper covering Seattle, Washington, United States, and the surrounding metropolitan area...
, and Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
.
Career
In 1992, Hemingway was nominated for The Mississippi Arts and Letters Award for Fiction for her debut novel "Walking Into the River." In 1999 she received The Conch Republic Prize for Literature for her body of work and her dedication to encouraging the talent of new writers. Her work has been positively reviewed by The New York Times Book ReviewThe New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely read book review publications in the industry. The offices are located near Times Square in New York...
, The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993...
, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, and TIME Magazine, among others. Her nature essays have appeared in several anthologies, including "Uncommon Waters", "The Gift of Trout", "Headwaters", "A Different Angle" and "Growing Up in Mississippi." She is former editor-at-large of Flyfishing & Tying Journal.
In 1981, she founded the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition which is "dedicated to recognizing and supporting the work of emerging writers." The competition, which is open to U.S. and international citizens, draws between 600 and 900 submissions annually.
Personal life
She was born in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, the daughter of Gregory Hemingway
Gloria Hemingway
Gloria Hemingway , born Gregory Hancock Hemingway, was the third and youngest child of author Ernest Hemingway. He became a physician and authored a memoir of life with Ernest Hemingway...
. Her mother, the late Shirley Jane Rhodes, was a former Powers model. Hemingway is one of twelve grandchildren of Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
. Hemingway is the great-granddaughter of a Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
chief on her mother's side.
Her daughter is writer and Chum literary magazine editor, Cristen Hemingway Jaynes.