Ruth Ozeki
American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1956 · age 70
Ruth Diana Lounsbury, better known as Ruth Ozeki, is an American author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest.
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2022Women's Prize for FictionAward2017“We’re afraid of saying the word “suicide” and talking about it. Certainly the word suicide has a kind of energy that is frightening, and people can be afraid of talking about it.”In their wordsOn adolescents and suicidal thoughts in “Ruth Ozeki: Neither here nor there” in The Writer (2017 Feb 24)“All through my childhood, I wanted to be a novelist. I stopped writing at various points because I would get frustrated because there were things I didn’t know how to do.”In their wordsOn her initial struggles to become a novelist in “Ruth Ozeki: Neither here nor there” in The Writer (2017 Feb 24)2014Asian/Pacific American Awards for LiteratureAwardDos Passos PrizeAward2013“I lived most of my life feeling like an outsider. I remember in second grade being bullied, taunted and beaten up.”In their wordsOn feeling like an outsider most of her life in “Ruth Ozeki: 'This book is about the character creating a novelist'” in The Guardian (20132004American Book AwardsAwardWILLA Literary AwardAward1956Born12 March 1956
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About this person
Her books and films, including the novels My Year of Meats (1998), All Over Creation (2003), A Tale for the Time Being (2013), and The Book of Form and Emptiness (2021), seek to integrate personal narrative and social issues, and deal with themes relating to science, technology, environmental politics, race, religion, war and global popular culture.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70
Where to find them
The same award as Ruth
Louise ErdrichBoth received WILLA Literary Award
Jenny HanBoth received Asian/Pacific American Awards for LiteratureCarol ShieldsBoth received Women's Prize for Fiction
Paul BeattyBoth received Dos Passos Prize
Tayari JonesBoth received Women's Prize for Fiction
Maxine Hong KingstonBoth received Dos Passos Prize