Jamel Brinkley
Jamel Brinkley | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Notable awards | Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence (2019) PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award (2019) |
Jamel Brinkley is an American writer. His debut story collection, A Lucky Man (2018), was the winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence. It was also a finalist for the National Book Award, The Story Prize, the John Leonard Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. He currently teaches fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Biography
[edit ]Jamel Brinkley was raised in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York City. He graduated from Columbia University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he teaches.[1] [2] [3]
His first book, A Lucky Man, is set in New York City and explores themes of family relationships, love, loss, complex identity, and masculinity. NPR said of the collection, "[It] may include only nine stories, but in each of them, Brinkley gives us an entire world."[4] [5]
His second book, Witness, won the Maya Angelou Book Award and he accepted the award over a video call in 2024.[6]
Brinkley is an alumnus of the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop and was also a Kimbilio Fellow in Fiction.[7] He graduated with an MFA in creative writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was the 2016-2017 Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and a 2018–2020 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction at Stanford University.[5] [8] [9]
Awards
[edit ]| Year | Title | Award | Cateogory | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | A Lucky Man | National Book Award | Fiction | Finalist | [10] |
| National Book Critics Circle Award | John Leonard Prize | Finalist | [11] | ||
| The Story Prize | — | Finalist | [12] | ||
| 2019 | Aspen Words Literary Prize | — | Longlisted | [13] | |
| Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence | — | Won | [14] | ||
| Hurston/Wright Legacy Award | Début Fiction | Finalist | [15] | ||
| PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award | — | Won | [16] | ||
| PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize | — | Finalist | [17] [18] | ||
| 2024 | Witness | Aspen Words Literary Prize | — | Shortlisted | [19] |
| PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | — | Finalist | [20] |
Publications
[edit ]- A Lucky Man. Graywolf Press. 2018. ISBN 9781555978051.
- Witness: Stories. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2023. ISBN 9780374607036.
References
[edit ]- ^ "ABOUT". Jamel Brinkley. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Jamel Brinkley". Iowa Writers' Workshop . The University of Iowa. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ^ "AitN: December 17, 2018". Columbia College Today. December 17, 2018. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ "'A Lucky Man' Challenges Masculinity — With Love". NPR.org. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Jamel Brinkley Wins 2024 Maya Angelou Book Award | Kansas City Public Library". kclibrary.org. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ "Jamel Brinkley". Arts + Literature Laboratory. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Jamel Brinkley Bio". Literary Arts. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "WI Institute for Creative Writing Fellows". WI Institute for Creative Writing. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Jamel Brinkley". National Book Foundation . Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ Barrios, Gregg (December 10, 2018). "Announcing the Finalists for the John Leonard Award for Best First Book". National Book Critics Circle . Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "2018/19". The Story Prize . Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "2019 PRIZE". Aspen Words. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Chevel. "Jamel Brinkley wins Ernest J. Gaines Award recognizing African-American fiction writers". USA Today . Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ "Legacy Awards". Hurston/Wright Foundation . Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "Awards & Award Winners". PEN Oakland. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ Schaub, Michael (January 24, 2019). "PEN America announces literary awards finalists". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ "Jamel Brinkley". Iowa Writers' Workshop . Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ Schaub, Michael (March 14, 2024). "Aspen Words Literary Prize 2024 Finalists Revealed". Kirkus Reviews . Archived from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ "The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction". The PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2023.