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Chris Adrian

Author, physician · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1970 · age 56

Chris Adrian is an American author. Adrian's writing styles in short stories vary greatly; from modernist realism to pronounced lyrical allegory. His novels tend toward surrealism, having mostly realistic characters experience fantastic circumstances.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship2009

About this person

He has written four novels: Gob's Grief, The Children's Hospital, The Great Night, and The New World. In 2008, he published A Better Angel, a collection of short stories. His short fiction has also appeared in The Paris Review, Zoetrope, Ploughshares, McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, and Story. He was one of 11 fiction writers to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009. He lives in San Francisco.

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1970 · age 56