Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and moved to the United States with his family seven years later. His first novel, The Russian Debutante’s Handbook, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. It was also named a New York Times Notable Book, a Best Book of the Year by the Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly, and a Best Debut of the Year by the Guardian. His second novel, Absurdistan, has sold over 40,000 copies in the UK. The New York Times Book Review named it one of ‘The Top 10 Books of 2006’. His most recent novel Super Sad True Love Story was published by Granta in 2010. It won the Salon Book Award, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Bestseller, and was the first book by an American author to win the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction. Gary’s fiction and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Granta, Esquire and the New York Times Magazine. In 2010 he was selected as one of the New Yorker’s ‘20 under 40′. He lives in Manhattan with his Dachshund.
Publications
Gary Shteyngart on Granta.com
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Gary Shteyngart | Interview
Gary Shteyngart & Emily Greenhouse
‘I can’t even afford to have thoughts on London, much less live or visit there.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Gary Shteyngart | Portrait of My Father
Gary Shteyngart
‘I am fourteen years old and this is the only time I have ever successfully driven a car in my entire life.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Over There
Various Contributors
Americans, speaking of foreign lands, often say, 'It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.'
Fiction | The Online Edition
From The Diaries of Lenny Abramov
Gary Shteyngart
‘Today, I’ve made a major decision: I am never going to die.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Planet of the Yids
Gary Shteyngart
‘“WE ARE JEWS.” I whispered his magical mantra’
Fiction | The Online Edition
Several Anecdotes About My Wife
Gary Shteyngart
‘Fully clothed, we looked like your average young Brooklyn couple, second-rate hipsters in retro garb’.