Rachel Kadish (born August 12, 1969) is an American writer of fiction and non-fiction and the author of several novels and a novella. Her novel The Weight of Ink won the National Jewish Book Award in 2017.[1]
Rachel Kadish | |
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| Born | August 12, 1969 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Solomon Schechter School of Westchester Princeton University (AB) New York University (MA) |
| Period | 2006–present |
| Genre | Fiction, historical fiction |
| Notable works | From a Sealed Room (2006) Tolstoy Lied: a Love Story (2007) The Weight of Ink (2017) |
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| rachelkadish | |
Personal life edit
Born in New York City on August 12, 1969, Kadish grew up in Westchester County, New York, where she attended middle school at Solomon Schechter School of Westchester in Hartsdale, and New Rochelle High School. Kadish received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1991 and an M.A. from New York University in 1994.
Her fiction work has won the National Jewish Book Award[2] and the Julia Ward Howe Prize,[3] the John Gardner Fiction Prize,[4] and the Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award.[5]
She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.[6]
She is involved in New Voices,[7] a project using the arts to work for tolerance.
Writing career edit
Rachel Kadish's 2017 novel, The Weight of Ink, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, is a work of historical fiction set in London of the 1660s and of the early twenty-first century. It tells the interwoven stories of two women: Ester Velasquez, an immigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi just before the plague hits the city; and Helen Watt, an ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.
Her short stories and essays have been read on US National Public Radio[8] and have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Paris Review,[9] Salon, and The Pushcart Prize Anthology.
Kadish has also written in Quartz magazine about Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat who saved her family during World War II[10] and in The Paris Review on the importance of historical fiction in illuminating forgotten history.[11]
She is a graduate of Princeton University and New York University.
Bibliography edit
Novels edit
- From a Sealed Room (2006). Boston: Houghton Mifflin ISBN 978-0618562411
- Tolstoy Lied: a Love Story (2007). Boston: Mariner Books ISBN 978-0618919833
- The Weight of Ink (2017). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN 978-0544866461
Novellas edit
- I Was Here (2014 ebook)
References edit
- ^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ "National Jewish Book Award winner, 2017". National Jewish Book Council.
- ^ "Julia Ward Howe Award winner, 2018". Boston Authors Club.
- ^ "John Gardner Book Award winner, 2007". Binghamton University.
- ^ "The Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award winner, 2018". The Association of Jewish Libraries.
- ^ "Rachel Kadish Bio". Lesley University Faculty Directory.
- ^ "Stories for Society".
- ^ "Hanukkah Lights 2007: Stories Of The Season". National Public Radio. December 1, 2007.
- ^ "Writing the Lives of Forgotten Women". The Paris Review. April 26, 2018.
- ^ "A Japanese stranger saved my family from the Holocaust. How can I repay him?". Quartz.
- ^ "Writing the Lives of Forgotten Women". The Paris Review.