Arna Bontemps Hemenway

Arna Bontemps Hemenway is an American author and professor most known for his book Elegy on Kinderklavier, ^[1] which won the PEN/Hemingway Prize, was a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Award, and was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize. ^[2] Today, he is an associate professor of creative writing at Baylor University. ^[3] He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Awards

• PEN/Hemingway Prize ^{[4] [5]}
• Finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Award
• Long-listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize

Publications

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Books

• Elegy on Kinderklavier
• "The Fugue" in Best American Short Stories 2015

Stories

• “Wolves of Karelia” ^[7]
• "The IED"
• "Helping"
• "The Fugue"
• "Asleep in the Monastery"
• "A Self-Made Man"
• "A Life"
• "In the Mosque of Imam Alwani"
• "Elegy on Kinderklavier"
• "Behind the Mountains Are More Mountains"
• "Fetal Anatomy Assessment"
• "This Life, Unbidden"
• "The Third Thing That Killed Cat Hoseman"

References

1. "Pain and Perspective: An Interview with Arna Bontemps Hemenway – F(r)iction". frictionlit.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
2. "BIOGRAPHY". Arna Bontemps Hemenway. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
3. "Mr. Arna Bontemps Hemenway". English | Baylor University. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
4. "Interview with Arna Bontemps Hemenway, 2015 PEN/Hemingway Award Winner | The Hemingway Society". www.hemingwaysociety.org. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
5. "2015 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Fiction". PEN America. 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
6. "Publications". Arna Bontemps Hemenway. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
7. Hemenway, Arna Bontemps (2019-07-19). "Fiction: Wolves of Karelia". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-04-09.