Name Alexi Zentner Role Short story writer | Education Cornell University | |
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Books The Lobster Kings, Touch: A Novel, Touch | ||
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Alexi Zentner (born in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian-American short story writer, and novelist.
Contents
- Franklin park reading series alexi zentner
- Touch A Novel by Alexi Zentner
- Life
- Awards
- Novels
- Short Fiction
- Anthologies
- References
Touch: A Novel by Alexi Zentner
Life
He graduated from Cornell University with an MFA. He taught at Cornell University.
His fiction has also appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Narrative Magazine (where it was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize).
He lives in Ithaca, New York, with his wife and two daughters.
Awards
His short story “Touch,” originally published in Tin House is featured in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2008 where it was chosen as a jury favorite. Two of Alexi’s short stories were also selected for “special mention” in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. “Trapline” was awarded the 2008 Narrative Prize.
His debut novel Touch was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize.