Boyle, T. Coraghessan –
(T.C. Boyle, Thomas Coraghessan Boyle)
PERSONAL: Middle name pronounced "kuh- raggissun"; born Thomas John Boyle, December 2, , in Peekskill, NY; changed middle name to Coraghessan when he was seventeen; married Karen Kvashay, ; children: Kerrie, Milo, Spencer. Education: State University of New York at Potsdam, B.A., ; University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, M.F.A., , Ph.D.,
ADDRESSES: Office—Department of English, University of Southern California, THH , University Park, Los Angeles, CA Agent—Georges Borchardt, E. 57th St., New York, NY
CAREER: Writer. Professor of English, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, –.
AWARDS, HONORS: Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines Award for fiction, ; National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, ; St. Lawrence Prize, , for Descent of Man;Aga Khan Prize, Paris Review magazine, , for excerpts from Water Music; National Endowment for the Arts grant, , for Water Music; John Train prize, Paris Review, , for humor; Commonwealth Club of California, silver medal for literature, , for Greasy Lake; Editors' Choice, NY Times Book Review ; PEN/Faulkner Award, , for World's End;
T. Coraghessan Boyle
Jonathan-Swift-Preis | Best American Stories selection: Kurzgeschichte Are We Not Men?
The Mark Twain Voice, American Literature Award
Robert Kirsch Award der L.A. Times
The Rea Award in Kurzgeschichte | Best American Stories selection: Kurzgeschichte The Night of the Satellite in The New Yorker
The Henry David Thoreau Award für Leistungen in Nature Writing | Eine Stadt. Ein Buch. The Tortilla Curtain (dt. América) ausgewählt von der Stadt Wien.
AudioFile Earphones Award für Erzählungen, für den Erzählband Wild Child and Other Stories
Aufnahme in die American Academy of Arts and Letters
Best American Stories selection: Kurzgeschichte Admiral in Harper&#;s
Best American Stories selection: Kurzgeschichte Balto in The Paris Review | National Magazine Award, für die Kurzgeschichte Wild Child in McSweeney&#;s | Ross Macdonald Award für das Gesamtwerk eines kalifornischen Autors | Audio-Preis für die beste Audio-Performance eines Autors, für The Tortilla Curtain (dt. América) | Commonwealth Club of California Silbermedaille für Literatur (76th Annual Awards), für den Roman Talk Talk | Evil Companions Literatur Award de
T.C. Boyle
Tom Coraghessan Boyle was born on December 2, , in Peekskill, New York. He was born as Thomas John Boyle. He then changed his name to Coraghessan when he was17 years old. His mother was a secretary while his father was a transport driver. Both his parents were devout Catholic. His father was brought up in a Catholic house where he was instructed until the eighth grade.
In his essay, “This Monkey, My Back,” he portrays himself as a respectful kid until about the age of But then the impact of his progressively wealthy, better-taught companions transformed him into a self-depicted proto-radical.
At the age of 17, he went to the State University of New York at Potsdam, intending to pursue music and to play the saxophone. However, he failed his tryout and subsequently graduated with a BA in English and History in His ability for composing was perceived at the very start. He at that point got his enlistment in the University of Iowa’s MFA program.
Boyle got an MFA in Fiction in and proceeded to get his PhD in British Literature in from the University of Iowa. That year he got a Creative Writing Fellowship from The National Endowment for the Arts. He then served as an A
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