George Saunders

GEORGE SAUNDERS (n. 1958, Amarillo, Texas) a absolvit in 1981 Colorado School of Mines, iar dupa absolvire a plecat sa lucreze in Sumatra. Dupa un an si jumatate s-a intors in Statele Unite unde a fost, rand pe rand, portar, vanzator, muncitor intr-un abator. In 1986 a fost admis la masteratul de scriere creativa de la Syracuse University, unde isi cunoaste si viitoarea sotie, scriitoarea Paula Redick. Intre 1989 si 1996 a lucrat ca scriitor tehnic si inginer geofizician, iar din 1996 preda scriere creativa la Syracuse University.

 

Saunders a debutat in 1986 cu o povestire, „A Lack of Order in the Floating Object Room“, publicata in Northwest Review. Primul lui volum de proza scurta, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Stories and a Novella (1996), a fost urmat de o carte pentru copii, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (2000), apoi de Pastoralia: Stories and a Novella (2000; in curs de aparitie la Humanitas Fiction), The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil (2005), A Bee Stung Me so I Killed All the Fish (2006), In Persuasion Nation (2006), de un volum de eseuri, The Braindead Megaphone (2007) si de Tenth of December: Stories (2013;).

 

Primul lui roman, Lincoln intre vieti (Lincoln in the Bardo, 2017; Humanitas Fiction 2018) a castigat Man Booker Prize in 2017, iar pentru pentru proza sa scurta a primit numeroase premii: de patru ori National Magazine Award for Fiction, PEN / Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, Folio Prize, The Story Prize. George Saunders publica in mod regulat in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Esquire, GQ si The New York Times Magazine.