Evan Fallenberg

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Evan Fallenberg ({{Langx|he|אבן פאַלנבערג}}; born August 8, 1961) is an American-born writer and translator residing in Israel. His debut novel Light Fell, published in 2008, won the Stonewall Book Award"Library Association announces 2009 Stonewall Book Awards". The Empty Closet, April 2009. and the Edmund White Award, and was a shortlisted Lambda Literary Award nominee for Debut Fiction at the 21st Lambda Literary Awards.[http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/02/18/lambda-literary-awards-2008-2/ "21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards"]. Lambda Literary Foundation, February 18, 2010. His second novel, When We Danced on Water, was published in 2011 by HarperPerennial, and his third, The Parting Gift, by Other Press in 2018.[http://forward.com/culture/139801/intense-psycho-dancing/ "Intense Psycho-Dancing]. The Forward, July 13, 2011. He has also published English translations of several Israeli writers, including Meir Shalev, Hanoch Levin, Ron Leshem and Batya Gur.[http://www.timesofisrael.com/finding-a-home-for-the-english-language-writer-in-israel/ "Off the map? Israel’s English-language writers wonder where they fit in"]. The Times of Israel, May 17, 2012.

Life

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio,"Author awarded residency". Cleveland Jewish News, September 18, 2015. holds a BSFS in diplomacy from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He also studied in Switzerland, worked in Japan and settled in Israel in 1985. He also has an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.{{Cite web |title=Evan Fallenberg - Artist |url=https://www.macdowell.org/artists/evan-fallenberg |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=MacDowell |language=en}}

He currently teaches creative writing and literary translation at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, and is faculty co-director of the International low-residency MFA program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation at Vermont College of Fine Arts.{{Cite web |title=Evan Fallenberg {{!}} Jewish Book Council |url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/evan-fallenberg |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=www.jewishbookcouncil.org |language=en}}

Fallenberg renovated an ancient home in Acre as a writer's retreat[http://www.timesofisrael.com/an-ancient-acre-home-becomes-a-writers-residence/ "An ancient Acre home becomes a writer’s residence"]. The Times of Israel, November 24, 2015. and opened [https://www.arabesqueinacre.com/ Arabesque], an Arts and Residency Center in the heart of Old Acre, Israel, in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.arabesqueinacre.com/|title=Arabesque in Acre - ערבסק בעכו - Arts and Residency Center in Old Akko|website=www.arabesqueinacre.com}} Arabesque was destroyed in the May 2021 riots but was restored, and opened again to the public several months later.{{cite news|last1=Fallenberg|first1=Evan|date=20 May 2021|title=Arab-Jewish violence in Israel threatens coexistence. My neighbors and I won't give in.|work=NBC News|agency=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/arab-jewish-violence-israel-threatens-coexistence-my-neighbors-i-won-ncna1267982|access-date=20 May 2021}}

Fallenberg has served as a judge or advisor to a number of literary prizes, including the Sami Rohr Prize and the Galtelli Literary Awards. He has received fellowships for residencies from the MacDowell Colony, the National Endowment for the Arts (at Vermont Studio Center), Fondation Ledig-Rowohlt (at Chateau de Lavigny, Switzerland), Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), Hannesarholt and Gunnarshus in Iceland, Sun Yat-sen University of China, and the Bogliasco Foundation (Italy), and has taken part in conferences and festivals around the globe.

Publications

= Novels =

Light Fell, New York: Soho, 2008. {{ISBN|9781569475362}}, {{OCLC|216936811}}{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56947-467-9|title=Fiction Book Review: Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg, Author . Soho $22 (229p) ISBN 978-1-56947-467-9|publisher=}}
When We Danced on Water, New York: Harper Perennial, 2011. {{ISBN|9780062033321}}, {{OCLC|670476288}}{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-203332-1|title=Fiction Book Review: When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg. Harper Perennial, $14.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-203332-1|publisher=}}
The Parting Gift, New York: Other Press, 2018. {{ISBN|9781590519431}}, {{OCLC|1016377533}}

Awards and honors

2007: National Jewish Book Award for fiction{{Cite web |title=Past Winners {{!}} Jewish Book Council |url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?year=2007 |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=www.jewishbookcouncil.org |language=en}}
2008: Finalist, Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction{{Cite web |title=Previous Winners |url=https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous-winners-3/?a_search=fallenberg&award_year=&award_classifications=debut&award_status=&award_categories= |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Lambda Literary |language=en}}
2009: American Library Association's Barbara Gittings Stonewall Book Award for Literature{{Cite web |title=Stonewall Book Awards List {{!}} Rainbow Roundtable |url=https://www.ala.org/rrt/award/stonewall/honored#2009 |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}}
2009: Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction{{Cite web |title=The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction |url=https://publishingtriangle.org/awards/edmund-white-debut-fiction/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=The Publishing Triangle |language=en-US}}

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.evanfallenberg.com/home.html}}
[http://english.biu.ac.il/faculty/fallenberg-evan Evan Fallenberg's Bar Ilan University homepage]

Category:21st-century American novelists

Category:American male novelists

Category:Israeli novelists

Category:Israeli translators

Category:Jewish American novelists

Category:Gay Jews

Category:American LGBTQ novelists

Category:LGBTQ people from Ohio

Category:Israeli LGBTQ novelists

Category:American emigrants to Israel

Category:Gay novelists

Category:Writers from Cleveland