Amina Cain is an American writer, best known for her 2020 novel Indelicacy.
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Nationality | American |
Notable works | Indelicacy |
Cain began writing in her last year as an undergraduate.[1] Cain lived in Chicago during the mid-2000s and later moved to Los Angeles,[2] where she continues to live as of 2020.[3]
Writers who have influenced Cain's work include Lydia Davis.[2] Other writers Cain has expressed an "affinity toward" include Marguerite Duras, Renee Gladman, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, and Kate Zambreno.[2][4]
Indelicacy was shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize[5][6] and for the 2021 Folio Prize.[7][8]
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