Jill Ciment
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Jill Ciment (born March 19, 1953) is an American writer.
Biography
Ciment was born in
California Institute of Arts (CalArts), under John Baldessari.[1] She earned her BFA from CalArts in 1975.[2] She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine in 1981.[3]
Ciment is a professor of English at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Her novel, Heroic Measures was one of titles chosen by Oprah Winfrey's Book Club for 2009 summer reading.[4] This book was also one of the top five finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for 2010.[5] 5 Flights Up, a film adaptation of Heroic Measures starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton, was released in the U.S. on May 8, 2015.
She married artist
Me Too movement she is re-examining this work in a new memoir, The Other Half.[6]
Grants and literary awards
- Two New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (1996 and 2002)[7]
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2005)[8]
- Guggenheim Foundation grant (2006)[9]
- The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (2005)[10]
- NEA Japan Fellowship Prize
Works
Novels
- The Law of Falling Bodies, Poseidon, 1993[11]
- Teeth of the Dog, Crown, 1998[12]
- The Tattoo Artist, Pantheon, 2005[13]
- Heroic Measures, Pantheon, 2009[14]
- Act of God, Pantheon, 2015[15]
- The Hand That Feeds You, (with Amy Hempel) writing as A.J. Rich, Scribner, 2015[16]
- The Body in Question, Pantheon, 2019[17]
Short stories
Collections:
- Small Claims, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, collection of 4 (or more) short stories:
- "Self-Portrait with Vanishing Point", "Genetics", "Astronomy", "Money" (novella)
Non-fiction
- Half a Life, Crown, 1996 (memoir)[18]
Adaptations
- Astronomy (1998), short directed by Susan Rogers, based on short story "Astronomy"
- 5 Flights Up (2014), film directed by Richard Loncraine, based on novel Heroic Measures
References
- ^ "ARNOLD MESCHES and JILL CIMENT with Robert Storr and Phong Bui". Brooklynrail.org. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Noted Novelist Brings Remarkable Personal Story To Davidson Classroom". Davidson.edu. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Jill Ciment : Professor". English.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment". Oprah.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Events.latimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "Revision Quest". This American Life. 2019-12-07. Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "Directory of Artists' Fellows, 1985-2013" (PDF). www.nyfa.org. New York Foundation for the Arts. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Half a life is a long phone call from a friend (Review)", The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA), 1996 Quote from source: She has ... received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and others.
- ^ "Jill Ciment". www.gf.org. 2006. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize—Past Recipients". www.rochester.edu. 2005. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- OCLC 26588628.
- OCLC 39180866.
- OCLC 57283791.
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- OCLC 1049577535.)
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External links
- Jill Ciment at IMDb