Anthony Marra (born 1984) is an American fiction writer. Marra has won numerous awards for his short stories, as well as his first novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, which was a New York Times best seller.
Personal life Marra was born in Washington, D.C., attended high school in Bethesda, Maryland, and has lived in Eastern Europe, though he now resides in Oakland, California.
Education Marra attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland before attending the University of Southern California where he earned a bachelor's degree in creative writing. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Between 2011 and 2013, he was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where he also taught as the Jones Lecturer in Fiction.
Marra has also received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Writing Marra has contributed pieces to The Atlantic, Narrative Magazine, Granta, The Rumpus, New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.
Literary awards YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef2010"Chechnya"Pushcart Prize—WinnerNarrative Prize—Winner2012—Whiting Award—Winner2013A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaBarnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers AwardFictionWinnerCalifornia Book AwardFirst FictionWinnerGoodreads Choice AwardFictionNomineeNational Book AwardFictionNomineeNational Book Critics Circle AwardJohn Leonard PrizeWinnerBooklist Editors' ChoiceAdult BooksSelectionNew York Times Notable Book of the Year—Selection2014Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceFictionLonglistAnisfield-Wolf Book AwardFictionWinnerThe Athens Prize for LiteratureΠεριοδικό (δέ)καταWinnerBooklist's Notable Books—SelectionCarla Furstenberg Cohen Fiction AwardFictionWinnerDayton Literary Peace PrizeFictionFinalistIndies Choice Book Award Adult DebutWinnerPEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize—ShortlistYoung Lions Fiction Award—Finalist2015International Dublin Literary Award—Longlist2016"The Grozny Tourist Bureau"National Magazine AwardFictionWinnerAmerican Society of Magazine Editors, Ellie Awards 2016 Winners Announced, 2017—Granta's Best of Young American Novelists—SelectionThe Tsar of Love and TechnoLiterature.gr Phrase of the Year Prize—Winner2018Simpson Family Literary Prize—WinnerSelfJeanette Haien Ballard Writer's Prize—Winner
Bibliography
Books
Short stories
Essays
Contributions xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, published September 24, 2013 by Penguin Books The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016, published October 4, 2016 by Mariner Books
References
External links Anthony Marra (Official Website) Profile at The Whiting Foundation