Katie Kitamura

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Born1979 (age 43–44)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Education Princeton University
London Consortium (PhD)
Notable worksThe Longshot
Spouse Hari Kunzru
Children2 [1]

Katie Kitamura (born 1979) is an American novelist, journalist, and art critic. She is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the London Consortium. [2]

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Early life and education

Katie Kitamura was born in Sacramento, California [3] in 1979 to a family of Japanese origin, [4] and raised in Davis, where her father Ryuichi was a professor at UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. [2] [5] [6]

Kitamura graduated from Princeton University in New Jersey in 1999. She earned a PhD in American literature from the London Consortium. [7] Her thesis was titled The Aesthetics of Vulgarity and the Modern American Novel (2005). [8]

Earlier in her life, Kitamura trained as a ballerina. [9] [10]

Career

Kitamura wrote Japanese for Travellers: A Journey, describing her travels across Japan and examining the dichotomies of its society and her own place in it as a Japanese-American. [11]

Kitamura was introduced to mixed martial arts in Japan by her brother. [12] Her first novel, The Longshot, published in 2009, is about the preparation undertaken by a fighter and his trainer ahead of a championship bout against a famous opponent. The cover art of the US edition of her book features the title tattooed on knuckles; the knuckles are her brother's. [9] Kitamura's second novel, Gone to the Forest, published in 2013, is set in an unnamed colonial country and describes the life and suffering of a landowning family against a backdrop of civil strife and political change. [13]

Kitamura's 2017 novel A Separation will be adapted for a film starring Katherine Waterston. [14] Her novel Intimacies appeared in 2021.

Kitamura writes for The Guardian , The New York Times , and Wired . [2] She has written articles on mixed martial arts, [15] film criticism and analysis, [16] and art. [17] [18]

Awards and recognition

In 2010, Kitamura's The Longshot was shortlisted for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award. [19] In 2013, her Gone to the Forest was also shortlisted for the Young Lions Fiction Award. In 2021, Kitamura's Intimacies was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction. [20]

Selected bibliography

Autobiography

Novels

Journalism

Personal life

Kitamura is married to author Hari Kunzru. [23]

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  4. ↑ Philip Womack (January 11, 2013). "Five young novelists for 2013". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Katie Kitamura: Japanese for Travellers - Hamish Hamilton books". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  6. ↑ "Tributes & Biography: The Life and Contributions of Ryuichi Kitamura". ITS. Retrieved October 25, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  8. ↑ "PhD Titles". The London Consortium. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  9. 1 2 Will Doig (August 19, 2009). "How to Fight Like a Girl". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
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  11. ↑ Sophie Campbell (August 30, 2006). "Japan through American eyes". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  12. ↑ Katherine Federici Greenwood (November 18, 2009). "In the ring". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 111 (5). Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ Sarah Hall (February 6, 2013). "Gone to the Forest by Katie Kitamura – review". The Guardian. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  14. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (February 1, 2017). "Katherine Waterston To Star In Movie Adaptation Of Upcoming Novel 'A Separation'". Deadline. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  15. ↑ Katie Kitamura (April 29, 2006). "The harder they come". The Guardian. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  16. ↑ Katie Kitamura (June 15, 2012). "With Grain: A Q&A with Apichatpong Weerasethakul". Asian American Writers' Workshop. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  17. ↑ Katie Kitamura (January 19, 2009). "Little London Prop Shop Turns Ideas Into Art". Wired. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  18. ↑ Katie Kitamura (August 2008). "Liam Gillick". Frieze Magazine (114). Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Provocateurs, Mind Bogglers, and Tragedians: Five Young Literary Talents Chosen as Finalists for The New York Public Library's 2010 Young Lions Fiction Award" (Press release). New York Public Library . Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  20. ↑ "The 2021 National Book Awards Longlist: Fiction". The New Yorker . 2021-09-17.
  21. ↑ "Articles by Katie Kitamura". Frieze Magazine . Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Contemporary magazine". Contemporary Magazine . Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  23. ↑ Jonathan Lee (September 3, 2013). "Bare-Knuckle Writing". Guernica. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
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