Nationality American Period 1980s-present | Name Harlan Greene Role Writer | |
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Occupation novelist, historian, archivist Notable works What the Dead Remember, The German Officer's Boy Awards Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Fiction Books Why we never danced th, The German Officer's B, Mr Skylark, Slave Badges and the S, What the Dead Remember | ||
Harlan Greene is an American writer and historian. He has published both fiction and non-fiction works.
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Born in 1953 in Charleston, South Carolina, Greene's parents were Holocaust survivors who moved to Charleston after World War II. He also spent several years living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in early adulthood, with his then-partner Olin Jolley (1963 - August 3, 1996). Greene and Jolley are featured in the anthology Two Hearts Desire: Gay Couples on their Love, originally published in 1997, and republished in digital format in 2017.
He won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction for his 1991 novel What the Dead Remember, and was nominated for the same award for his 2005 novel The German Officer's Boy.
In addition to his writing, Greene has worked as an archivist for the College of Charleston, including collecting materials relating to Jewish history in the Charleston region.
Openly gay, Greene lives in Charleston with his partner Jonathan Ray.