Nell Freudenberger (born 1975, in New York City) is an American novelist, essayist, and short-story writer.

Nell Freudenberger
Nell Freudenberger
Born	1975 New York City
Alma mater	Harvard University
Notable works	novelist

Education

Freudenberger graduated from Harvard and has traveled extensively in Asia.

Career

Fiction

Freudenberger's fiction has appeared in Granta,[1] The Paris Review, and The New Yorker.[2] After her collection Lucky Girls was published in 2003, she received the PEN/Malamud Award, a short story prize sponsored by PEN International. When Freudenberger's novel The Dissident appeared in 2006, she received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction.

In June 2010, Freudenberger was featured along with fellow writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Karen Russell, ZZ Packer, and Gary Shteyngart in The New Yorker's "20 Under 40 Fiction" issue. Per the magazine, these authors represented "Twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction."[3] The list received widespread media attention.[4][5]

Journalism

Freudenberger's travel writing has been published in Travel + Leisure, Salon, The New Yorker, and The Telegraph Magazine. She has written book reviews for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vogue and The Nation.[6]

Personal life

Freudenberger is married and has two children. The family lives in Brooklyn.[7]

Awards

• 2010 The New Yorker, "20 Under 40" Fiction Issue
• 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship[8]
• 2006 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
• 2005 Whiting Award for fiction
• 2004 PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction

Works

Books

• Lucky Girls, Ecco/HarperCollins 2003, ISBN 978-0-06-008879-8
• The Dissident, Ecco/HarperCollins 2006, ISBN 978-0-06-075871-4
• The Newlyweds, Knopf 2012, ISBN 978-0307268846
• Lost and Wanted, Knopf 2019, ISBN 978-0385352680

Short stories and essays

• "The Tutor". Granta (82: Life's Like That). Summer 2003. ISBN 978-1-929001-12-5. (Subscription Required)
• "God and Me". Granta (93: God's Own Countries). Spring 2006. ISBN 978-1-929-00123-1.
• Jack, Ian (Autumn 2007). "The Virgin of Esmeraldas". Granta (99: What Happened Next). ISBN 978-1-929-00129-3. (Subscription Required)
• Freudenberger, Nell (Winter 2013). "Hover". The Paris Review. Winter 2013 (207).
• Freudenberger, Nell (August 2015). "House of Fire". Harper's. August 2015.

References

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation
• "Too young, too pretty, too successful". Salon.com. September 4, 2003. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006.
• "20 Under 40: Q. & A.: Nell Freudenberger". The New Yorker. June 14, 2010.
• The Dissident Reviews & Scores at Metacritic.com
• "Nell Freudenberger", Charlie Rose