David Vann (writer)

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David Vann (born October 19, 1966, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska) is an American novelist and short story writer, and was formerly a professor of creative writing at the University of Warwick in England.{{cite web |url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/about/people/permanentacademicstaffstaff3/vannprofessordavid |title=Professor David Vann |website=www2.warwick.ac.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707042716/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/about/people/permanentacademicstaffstaff3/vannprofessordavid |archive-date=2012-07-07}} Vann received a Guggenheim Fellowship{{Cite web |url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/17045-david-james-vann |title=David James Vann - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |access-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416022015/http://www.gf.org/fellows/17045-david-james-vann |archive-date=April 16, 2011 |url-status=dead }} and has been a National Endowment for the Arts{{Cite web |url=http://www.nea.gov/features/Writers/writersCMS/writer.php?id=08_08 |title=NEA Writers' Corner: David Vann |access-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302073949/http://www.nea.gov/features/writers/writersCMS/writer.php?id=08_08 |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }} fellow, a Wallace Stegner fellow,{{Cite web|url=https://creativewriting.stanford.edu/stegner-fellowship/current-fellows/former-stegner-fellows|title=Former Stegner Fellows {{!}} Creative Writing Program|website=creativewriting.stanford.edu|access-date=2019-05-12}} and a John L'Heureux fellow. His work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers. His books have been published in 23 languages{{Cite news|url=https://davidvann.com/books/|title=Books|date=2012-09-18|work=Author David Vann|access-date=2017-08-21|language=en-US}} and have won 14 prizes{{Cite news|url=https://davidvann.com/awards/|title=Awards|date=2012-09-18|work=Author David Vann|access-date=2017-08-21|language=en-US}} and been on 83 'best books of the year' lists.{{Cite news|url=https://davidvann.com/awards/a-best-book-of-the-year/|title=80 Best Books of the Year Lists|date=2012-09-19|work=Author David Vann|access-date=2017-08-21|language=en-US}} They have been selected for The New Yorker Book Club, the Times Book Club, the Samlerens Bogklub in Denmark and have been optioned for film by Inkfactory and Haut et Court.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/the-ink-factory-david-vann-aquarium-vin-diesel-hugh-laurie-amazon-1201413150/|title=The Ink Factory Options David Vann's Novel 'Aquarium'|last=Jaafar|first=Ali|date=2015-04-20|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-08-22|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.casarotto.co.uk/assets/x/53361.pdf|title=Legend of a Suicide Under Option with Haute Et Court in Paris|website=www.casarotto.co.uk}} He has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, CNN, PBS, National Geographic, and E!.