Gerald Shapiro Edit Profile

Education

Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of Kansas. Master of Fine Arts from the Master of Fine Arts Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Career

He was also a reader for Prairie Schooner. Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts University of Nebraska-Lincoln Harris Center for Judaic Studies.

Achievements

Honor Award in Fiction from The Nebraska Center for the Book and the Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction and the Pushcart Prize for Fiction and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction. He has also been a finalist for the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. Also won a Merit Award from the Nebraska Arts Council"s Individual Artists Fellowships program

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Born

August 23, 1950

Kansas City, Jackson County, United States of America
Died

October 15, 2011 (aged 61)

Lincoln, Lancaster County, United States of America
Nationality
United States

Awards

Pushcart Prize; Merit Award; Edward Lewis Wallant Award; National Jewish Book Award Honor Award in Fiction from The Nebraska Center for the Book and the Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction and the Pushcart Prize for Fiction and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction. He has also been a finalist for the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. Also won a Merit Award from the Nebraska Arts Council's Individual Artists Fellowships program. In 1962, the Edward Lewis Wallant Award was established at the University of Hartford, in Connecticut, USA by Fran and Irving Waltman.; The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.

Pushcart Prize; Merit Award; Edward Lewis Wallant Award; National Jewish Book Award Honor Award in Fiction from The Nebraska Center for the Book and the Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction and the Pushcart Prize for Fiction and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction. He has also been a finalist for the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. Also won a Merit Award from the Nebraska Arts Council's Individual Artists Fellowships program. In 1962, the Edward Lewis Wallant Award was established at the University of Hartford, in Connecticut, USA by Fran and Irving Waltman.; The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best 'poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot' published in the small presses over the previous year.

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