Eli Gottlieb
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Eli Gottlieb is an American author. His first novel, The Boy Who Went Away, was published by St. Martin's Press, in 1997. The novel debuted to widespread critical acclaim and earned Gottlieb the Rome Prize{{cite web |url=http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Rome |title=American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners |publisher=American Academy of Arts and Letters |access-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131115116/http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Rome |archive-date=2016-01-31 }} and the McKitterick Prize from the British Society of Authors in 1998.
Education and background
Gottlieb was born in New York City and raised in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.Cutler, Jacqueline. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/11/post_33.html "Eli Gottlieb's novel about autism rings true"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 1, 2015. Accessed October 1, 2016. "In fact, Eli Gottlieb, who grew up in Cedar Grove, has an autistic brother living in a New Jersey residential community for the disabled." He graduated from Hampshire College.
Career
Gottlieb has taught American literature at the University of Padua Italy, written documentary films and worked as a senior editor at Elle magazine and as a staff writer for The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
In 2008, Gottlieb's second novel, Now You See Him, was published by William Morrow. Translated into eleven languages, the novel was named "Book of the Year" by The Independent (UK) and Bookmarks magazine.
His third novel, The Face Thief, was published by Morrow on January 17, 2012.{{Cite book|isbn=978-0061735059|title=The Face Thief: A Novel|last1=Gottlieb|first1=Eli|date=17 January 2012}}
His fourth novel, Best Boy, was published by Liveright on August 24, 2015.{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1631490477|title = Best Boy: A Novel|last1 = Gottlieb|first1 = Eli|year = 2015}}
Personal
Gottlieb lives in New York City.
References
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External links
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|video1 = [https://blogs.wsj.com/filmfest/2008/01/20/books-and-flicks-merge-at-sundance/ Video: Gottlieb discusses adapting books to film at Sundance Film Festival, January 29, 2008]
|audio1 = [http://www.gracecavalieri.com/poetLaureates/featuredpoet_eligottlieb.html Eli Gottlieb], The Poet and the Poem 2017-18 Series
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- [http://www.eligottlieb.com Official website]
- [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/32419/Eli_Gottlieb/index.aspx Gottlieb's page on HarperCollins website]
- [http://www.salon.com/2012/01/22/the_face_thief_eli_gottlieb/singleton/ Salon review of The Face Thief] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126210118/http://www.salon.com/2012/01/22/the_face_thief_eli_gottlieb/singleton/ |date=2012-01-26 }}
- [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/19/top10.battle.sexes Eli Gottlieb's top 10 scenes from the battle of the sexes, ''The Guardian (UK), August 19, 2008]
- [https://archive.today/20121128171427/http://65.36.160.215/article.cfm?id_article=96473343&page=1&id_issue=15896043 The Irresistible Sway, Lincoln Center Theater Review, Spring 2005]#
- [http://mysite.du.edu/~bkiteley/gottlieb.html Interview with Eli Gottlieb, fiction writer]
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Category:Jewish American novelists
Category:American male novelists
Category:Academic staff of the University of Padua
Category:Hampshire College alumni
Category:Writers from New York City
Category:Novelists from New Jersey
Category:Elle (magazine) writers
Category:People from Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Category:Novelists from New York (state)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)