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'''Stuart Dybek''' (born 1942) is an ] writer. '''Stuart Dybek''' (born April 10, 1942) is an American writer of fiction and poetry.
==Life and work==
⚫ Dybek was born in ], ] and raised in Chicago's ] and ] neighborhoods in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dybek graduated from ] in 1959. Dybek earned an ] from the ] at the ] and has an ] in literature from ].


== Biography ==
Dybek's father immigrated to the U.S. from ] and took the job as a foreman at ]; his mother worked as a truck dispatcher. Dybek has two brothers, Tom a therapist and actor living in New York City and David, who are the inspiration for some of his stories. He and his wife Caren Dybek, a retired English school teacher, live in Kalamazoo.
⚫ Dybek, a second-generation ],<ref>Lee, Don. "About Stuart Dybek." Ploughshares (24.1), 1998: 192-198. Print.</ref> was born in ], ] and raised in Chicago's ] and ] neighborhoods in the 1950s and early 1960s. He graduated from ] in 1959 and earned an ] from the ] at the ]. He has an ] in literature from ].<ref>Philip A. Greasley. ''Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Volume One The Authors''. Indiana University Press. May 9, 2001 p. 162.</ref>


Often compared to ] and ] for his unique portrayal of setting and landscapes, Dybek is "among the first writers of Polish descent (who write about the ethnic self) to receive national recognition."<ref>Gladsky, Thomas S. "Ethnicity to Multicultuarlism: The Fiction of Stuart Dybek." MELUS (20.2), 1995: 105-108. Print.</ref>
He currently teaches at ] after more than 30 years teaching at ], where he remains an Adjunct Professor of English and a member of the permanent faculty of the renowned Prague Summer Program. He writes about his childhood neighborhoods and the ethnic shift that occurred when they went from being populated with ] and ] toward the primarily ] areas of the city that still remain to this day. He is also a contributing editor at '']''. Dybek's literary works have been recognized and highlighted at Michigan State University in their Michigan Writers Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.msu.edu/branches/vvl/writers/index.jsp |title=Michigan Writers Series |publisher=Michigan State University Libraries |date= |accessdate=2012-07-15}}</ref>


After teaching for more than 30 years at ], 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 ] where he teaches at the ].
⚫ ==Works==
⚫ His two collections of poems are ''Brass Knuckles'' (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979) and ''Streets in Their Own Ink'' (Farrar, 2004). His fiction includes ''Childhood and Other Neighborhoods'', ''The Coast of Chicago'', and most recently ''I Sailed With Magellan'', a novel-in-stories. His work is frequently anthologized and appears regularly in magazines such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and ''Triquarterly''.


⚫ ==Work==
In 2004, his collection, ''The Coast of Chicago'', was the “One Book, One Chicago” selection. “One Book” is a program in which the selected book is read in libraries and high schools throughout the city. Also in 2004, ''I Sailed With Magellan'' was awarded the prize in adult fiction from the Society of Midland Authors. The book was selected as a ] and cited as an ] of 2005. One of the stories, “Breasts,” appears in the 2004 '']''.
⚫ Dybek's two collections of poems are ''Brass Knuckles'' (1979) and ''Streets in Their Own Ink'' (2004). His fiction includes ''Childhood and Other Neighborhoods'', ''The Coast of Chicago'', '']'', a novel-in-stories, ''Paper Lantern: Love Stories'', and ''Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories''. His work has been anthologized and has appeared in magazines such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.

His collection, ''The Coast of Chicago'', was selected as a ] and cited as an ] of 2005. A story from ''I Sailed With Magellan'', titled "Breasts," appears in the 2004 '']''.

Dybek was a participant in the Michigan Writers Series at ], where he read from his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.msu.edu/branches/vvl/writers/index.jsp |title=Michigan Writers Series |publisher=Michigan State University Libraries |access-date=2012-07-15}}</ref>


==Awards== ==Awards==
Dybek's awards include a ], a ] (1995), a ], a ], and numerous ]s.<ref></ref>On September 25, 2007, Dybek was awarded a ]. One day later, he was awarded the 2007 Rea Award for the Short Story, a $30,000 annual prize given for "originality and influence on the genre." He appears in both '']'' and '']'' series. Dybek's awards include a ], a ] (1995), a ] (1985), a ], and an ].<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050923101152/http://powells.com/prizes/penmalamud.html |date=2005-09-23 }}</ref> Dybek was awarded a ] on September 25, 2007.<ref></ref>


==External links== ==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|title=I Sailed with Magellan|url=https://archive.org/details/isailedwithmagel0000dybe|url-access=registration|date=2003|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=978-0-37417-407-1}}
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*{{cite book|title=Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories|url=https://archive.org/details/ecstaticcahootsf0000dybe|url-access=registration|date=3 June 2014|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=978-0-374-71055-2}}
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*{{cite book|title=Paper Lantern: Love Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JHd_AwAAQBAJ|date=3 June 2014|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=978-0-374-14644-3}}

===Poetry collections===
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===Short stories and essays===
* "''Prayer''" | X-1 Experimental Fiction Project | The Smith: 1976 | 49-52
*{{cite journal |last=Dybek |first=Stuart |date=Autumn 2009 |title=Seiche |journal=] |issue=108 |pages=39–46}}
*{{cite journal |date=2011 |title=Vigil |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/08/vigil/308580/ |journal=The Atlantic |volume=Fiction Issue}}


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American writer of fiction and poetry
Stuart Dybek
BornApril 10, 1942
Chicago, Illinois
OccupationShort fiction writer, poet
EducationSt. Rita of Cascia High School
Alma materLoyola University Chicago;
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Period1970s-
GenresPoetry; Novels
Notable worksThe Coast of Chicago

Stuart Dybek (born April 10, 1942) is an American writer of fiction and poetry.

Biography

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. He graduated from St. Rita of Cascia High School in 1959 and earned an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He has an MA in literature from Loyola University Chicago.

Often compared to Saul Bellow and Theodore Dreiser for his unique portrayal of setting and landscapes, Dybek is "among the first writers of Polish descent (who write about the ethnic self) to receive national recognition."

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.

Work

Dybek's two collections of poems are Brass Knuckles (1979) and Streets in Their Own Ink (2004). His fiction includes Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, The Coast of Chicago, I Sailed With Magellan, a novel-in-stories, Paper Lantern: Love Stories, and Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories. His work has been anthologized and has appeared in magazines such as Harper's, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, Tin House, Ploughshares, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and TriQuarterly.

His collection, The Coast of Chicago, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book and cited as an American Library Association Notable Book of 2005. A story from I Sailed With Magellan, titled "Breasts," appears in the 2004 Best American Short Stories.

Dybek was a participant in the Michigan Writers Series at Michigan State University, where he read from his work.

Awards

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 on September 25, 2007.

Bibliography

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Novels and short story collections

Poetry collections

Pelligro

Short stories and essays

  • "Prayer" | X-1 Experimental Fiction Project | The Smith: 1976 | 49-52
  • Dybek, Stuart (Autumn 2009). "Seiche". Granta (108): 39–46.
  • "Vigil". The Atlantic. Fiction Issue. 2011.

References

  1. Philip A. Greasley. Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Volume One: The Authors. Indiana University Press. May 9, 2001 p. 162.
  2. Lee, Don. "About Stuart Dybek." Ploughshares (24.1), 1998: 192-198. Print.
  3. Philip A. Greasley. Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Volume One The Authors. Indiana University Press. May 9, 2001 p. 162.
  4. Gladsky, Thomas S. "Ethnicity to Multicultuarlism: The Fiction of Stuart Dybek." MELUS (20.2), 1995: 105-108. Print.
  5. "Michigan Writers Series". Michigan State University Libraries. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  6. List of PEN/Malamud winners Archived 2005-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  7. MacArthur Fellows announced

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