Paul Russell (novelist)

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Paul Russell
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • poet
  • short story writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Oberlin College
Cornell University
Notable awards Ferro-Grumley Award (2000, 2012)
Website
paulrussellwriter.com

Paul Russell is an American novelist, poet and short story writer. He is a two-time winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction, in 2000 for The Coming Storm and in 2012 for The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov, [1] a fictionalized portrayal of Sergey Nabokov, the gay younger brother of Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, about whom very little concrete biographical information is known. [2]

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Russell grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, [2] where his father Jack was a mathematics professor at Southwestern at Memphis. [2] He studied at Oberlin College and Cornell University. [2] He is a professor of English literature at Vassar College. [3]

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References

  1. "Cleis Press and Viva Editions Announce the Debut of Audiobooks Produced by Renowned Susie Bright". PRWeb, February 6, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Paul Russell on a forgotten Nabokov ... and the writing life". Memphis Flyer . February 9, 2012.
  3. "Speak, Imagination" Archived 2013-06-28 at archive.today . Chronogram, December 29, 2011.