Jaimy Gordon | |
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| Born | July 4, 1944 |
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| Alma mater | Antioch College<br<Brown University |
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| Institutions | Western Michigan University |
Jaimy Gordon (born July 4,1944) is an American writer. She is a winner of the National Book Award for Fiction.
She was born in Baltimore. She graduated from Antioch College in 1966,received an MA in English from Brown University in 1972,and earned a Doctor of Arts in Creative Writing in 1975,also from Brown. She currently lives in Kalamazoo,Michigan,where she previously taught in the MFA and PhD program of Western Michigan University. [1]
Gordon is considered to be an important writer,whose literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series. [2] She is author of the underground fantasy classic Shamp of the City-Solo.
Her fourth novel, Lord of Misrule ,published by McPherson &Co.,won the 2010 National Book Award for Fiction. [3] [4] She was named 2019 Michigan Author Award Winner,a lifetime achievement award conferred by the Michigan Library Association. [5]
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