Stephen Dau
{{short description|American-Belgian writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{for|the South Sudanese politician|Stephen Dhieu Dau}}
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|birth_place=Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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|nationality=American-Belgian
|education=University of Pittsburgh
Johns Hopkins University
Bennington College (MFA)
|notable_works=The Book of Jonas (2012)
|website={{url|https://www.stephendau.com}}
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Stephen Dau is an American-Belgian writer.
His only novel is The Book of Jonas published in 2012, which was a finalist for the First Novelist Award. It was named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews, Booklist and The Wall Street Journal. Originally from Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh), he lives in Brussels, Belgium. His work has appeared in Ploughshares, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The North Atlantic Review, McSweeney's, and on MSNBC.com.
Early life and education
Dau was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last1=Majors |first1=Dan |title=THE PITTSBURGH CONNECTION HEAD TO CARNEGIE LIBRARY TO HEAR UP-AND-COMING AUTHOR AND GREENSBURG NATIVE STEPHEN DAU |publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |date=28 May 2012}}
He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. He attended the M.A. in Writing program at Johns Hopkins University before receiving an MFA in Writing from Bennington College.
Dau worked for 10 years in the post-Yugoslav Wars reconstruction of Eastern Europe and Bosnia. He lives in Brussels, Belgium.Belgium: Eyewitnesses Describe Terrifying Moments of Brussels Attacks, Asia News Monitor (Thai News Services Group,) Bangkok [Bangkok]24 Mar 2016.
Novels
Notes
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.stephendau.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209000244/http://www.natja.org/awards/2005/previous_winners/ North American Travel Journalists Association Awards Page]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305124804/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9054530/ Article by Stephen Dau on nbcnews.com]
- [https://bookpage.com/reviews/7319-stephen-dau-book-jonas-fiction Review at BookPage by WS Lyon of The Book of Jonas, 2012]
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Category:University of Pittsburgh alumni
Category:Writers from Pittsburgh
Category:American male novelists
Category:Novelists from Pennsylvania
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American male writers
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