Background
Dybek, a second-generation Polish American, was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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- Brass Knuckles (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry) (The poems in this powerful first book have grown from the...)
- Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories (In Stuart Dybek's Chicago, wonder lurks in unexpecte...)
- The Coast of Chicago: Stories (The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlike ...)
- The Coast of Chicago
Stuart Dybek
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Stuart Dybek, American English educator, writer. Guggenheim fellow, 1982; recipient Whiting Writers award, 1985, O. Henry first prize, 1985, Academy award in fiction American Academy Arts and Letters, 1994, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Malamud award, 1995, Lannan Literature prize, 1998. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Loyola University, Chicago, 1964; Master of Arts, Loyola University, Chicago, 1967; Master of Fine Arts, U. Iowa, 1973.
Career
Teacher, United States Virgin Islands School, St. Thomas, 1968-1970; teacher, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1970-1973; Professor of English, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, since 1973. Visiting professor creative writing Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1991, University of California, Irvine, 1995.
Achievements
Works
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Brass Knuckles (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)
(The poems in this powerful first book have grown from the...)
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Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories
( In Stuart Dybek's Chicago, wonder lurks in unexpected p...)
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The Coast of Chicago: Stories
( The stolid landscape of Chicago suddenly turns dreamlik...)
- The Coast of Chicago
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Brass Knuckles (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)
Membership
After teaching for more than 30 years at Western Michigan University, where he remains an Adjunct Professor of English and a member of the permanent faculty of the Prague Summer Program, Dybek became the Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern University where he teaches at the School of Professional Studies.
Connections
Married Caren Bassett, February 7, 1967. Children: Anne, Nicholas.
Education
Awards
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Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellowship; PEN/Malamud Award O. Henry award; Whiting award; PEN/Malamud Award Dybek's awards include a Lannan Prize, a PEN/Malamud Award (1995), a Whiting Award (1985), a Guggenheim fellowship, and an O. Henry Award. Dybek was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (September 25, 2007) The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors 'excellence in the art of the short story', and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellowship; PEN/Malamud Award O. Henry award; Whiting award; PEN/Malamud Award Dybek's awards include a Lannan Prize, a PEN/Malamud Award (1995), a Whiting Award (1985), a Guggenheim fellowship, and an O. Henry Award. Dybek was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (September 25, 2007) The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors 'excellence in the art of the short story', and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
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Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellowship; PEN/Malamud Award O. Henry award; Whiting award; PEN/Malamud Award Dybek's awards include a Lannan Prize, a PEN/Malamud Award (1995), a Whiting Award (1985), a Guggenheim fellowship, and an O. Henry Award. Dybek was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (September 25, 2007) The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors 'excellence in the art of the short story', and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellowship; PEN/Malamud Award O. Henry award; Whiting award; PEN/Malamud Award Dybek's awards include a Lannan Prize, a PEN/Malamud Award (1995), a Whiting Award (1985), a Guggenheim fellowship, and an O. Henry Award. Dybek was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (September 25, 2007) The PEN/Malamud Award and Memorial Reading honors 'excellence in the art of the short story', and is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.