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Laura Kasischke

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1961 · age 64

Laura Kasischke is an American fiction writer and poet. She is best known for writing the novels Suspicious River, The Life Before Her Eyes and White Bird in a Blizzard, all of which have been adapted to film.

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A life in dates

2013Michigan Author AwardAward2011Michigan Notable BooksAwardNational Book Critics Circle Award for PoetryAward2009Guggenheim FellowshipAward2001Juniper Prize for PoetryAward1998Beatrice Hawley AwardAward1961Born5 December 1961

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Michigan Author Award2013
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry2011
Michigan Notable Books2011
Guggenheim Fellowship2009
Juniper Prize for Poetry2001
Beatrice Hawley Award1998
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 64

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In the same film or series as Laura

Deanna MilliganAlso in Suspicious River (2001)Jacob ArtistAlso in White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)Ava AcresAlso in White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)Adam Chanler-BeratAlso in The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)Bill DowAlso in Suspicious River (2001)