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Paul Russell (novelist)

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Paul Russell
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • poet
  • short story writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materOberlin College
Cornell University
Notable awardsFerro-Grumley Award (2000, 2012)
Website
paulrussellwriter.com

Paul Russell is an American novelist, poet and short story writer. He is a two-time winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT fiction, in 2000 for The Coming Storm and in 2012 for The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov,[1] a fictionalized portrayal of Sergey Nabokov, the gay younger brother of Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, about whom very little concrete biographical information is known.[2]

Russell grew up in Memphis, Tennessee,[2] where his father Jack was a mathematics professor at Southwestern at Memphis.[2] He studied at Oberlin College and Cornell University.[2] He is a professor of English literature at Vassar College.[3]

Works

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Novels

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  • The Salt Point (1990)
  • Boys of Life (1991)
  • Sea of Tranquillity (1994)
  • The Coming Storm (1999)
  • War Against the Animals (2003)
  • The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov (2012)
  • Immaculate Blue (2015)

Non-fiction

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  • The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present (1995)

References

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  1. ^ "Cleis Press and Viva Editions Announce the Debut of Audiobooks Produced by Renowned Susie Bright". PRWeb, February 6, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Paul Russell on a forgotten Nabokov ... and the writing life". Memphis Flyer. February 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "Speak, Imagination" Archived 2013-06-28 at archive.today. Chronogram, December 29, 2011.
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