Evan Fallenberg

Evan Fallenberg (* 8. August 1961 i​n Cleveland, Ohio) i​st ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller u​nd Übersetzer.

Evan Fallenberg (2018)

Leben

Fallenberg studierte a​n der Georgetown University i​n Washington, D.C. u​nd in d​er Schweiz. Er erreichte e​inen BSFS i​n Diplomatie a​n der School o​f Foreign Service a​t Georgetown University. Zudem erhielt e​r einen M.F.A. i​n Kreativen Schreiben a​m Vermont College o​f Fine Arts i​n Vermont. Fallenberg l​ehrt an d​er Bar-Ilan-Universität i​n Ramat Gan. Er w​ohnt in Akkon, Israel.[1]

Werke (Auswahl)

Romane
  • The Parting Gift, New York : Other Press, 2018. ISBN 9781590519431, OCLC 1016377533
  • Light Fell New York: Soho, 2008. ISBN 9781569475362, OCLC 216936811 [2]
  • When We Danced on Water, New York: Harper Perennial, 2011. ISBN 9780062033321, OCLC 670476288[3]

Übersetzte Werke
  • Mishka Ben David, Duet in Beirut (Overlook Press, 2015)[4]
  • Meir Shalev, My Russian Grandmother’s American Vacuum Cleaner (Pantheon, 2011)[5]
  • Meir Shalev, A Pigeon and a Boy (Schocken, 2007);[6] winner of the National Jewish Book Award and a PEN Translation Prize (runner up)
  • Ron Leshem, Beaufort (US: Delacorte, UK: Harvill Secker, 2008);[7] 2nd Prize, Times Literary Supplement Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
  • Alon Hilu, Death of a Monk (Harvill Secker/Random House UK, 2006)[8]
  • Alon Hilu, The House of Rajani (Harvill Secker/ Random House UK, 2010) 
  • Batya Gur, Murder in Jerusalem (HarperCollins, 2006)[9]

Übersetzte Romane
  • Gilad Evron, The Falcon (Granta, 2005)[10]

Übersetzte Sachbücher
  • Yair Lapid, Memories After My Death (E&T Books, 2010)[11]

Übersetzte Werke
  • Hanoch Levin, The Thin Soldier (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
  • Hanoch Levin, The Child Dreams (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
  • Hanoch Levin, The Lamenters (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
  • Hanoch Levin, Walkers in the Dark (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
  • Hanoch Levin, Krum (2019, gemeinsam mit Jessica Cohen)
  • Gilad Evron, Only Language Remains (2007)[10]
  • Gilad Evron, Ulysses on Bottles (2010)[12]
  • Roni Pinkovitch, Tea (2007)[10]
  • Roi Rashkes, Moving (2006)[10]

Übersetzte Bühnenstücke
  • Savi Gabizon, Longing (2012)[10]
  • Adir Miller, House of Brown (2013)[10]
  • Reshef Levi, Hunting Elephants; The Arbitrator (2014)[10]

Übersetzte Libretti
  • Yonatan Levi, The Sleeping Thousand (2018)
  • Lior Navok, The Little Mermaid (2008)[10]
  • Lior Navok, Pinocchio (2009)[10]

Auszeichnungen und Preise (Auswahl)
  • Stonewall Book Award
  • American Library Association's Barbara Gittings Stonewall Book Award for Literature
  • Edmund White Award für Debut Fiction; the National Jewish Book Award in fiction
  • Lambda Literary Award für Debut Fiction
  • Samuel Goldberg Foundation Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers
  • Harold U. Ribalow Award
  • PEN Translation Prize
  • Times Literary Supplement of London Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for Translation of Hebrew Literature
Commons: Evan Fallenberg – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

Einzelnachweise
  1. Jerusalem Post: Ancient Acre hotel ripped apart in hateful riots , 17. Mai 2021
  2. Fiction Book Review: Light Fell by Evan Fallenberg, Author . Soho $22 (229p) ISBN 978-1-56947-467-9.
  3. Fiction Book Review: When We Danced on Water by Evan Fallenberg. Harper Perennial, $14.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-203332-1.
  4. Fiction Book Review: Duet in Beirut by Mishka Ben-David, trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. Overlook, $26.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4683-1020-7.
  5. Nonfiction Book Review: My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir by Meir Shalev, trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. Schocken, $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8052-4287-4.
  6. Fiction Book Review: A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev, Author, Evan Fallenberg, Translator , trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. Schocken $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8052-4251-5.
  7. Fiction Book Review: Beaufort by Ron Leshem, Author, Evan Fallenberg, Translator Delacorte Press $24 (368p) ISBN 978-0-553-80682-3.
  8. Book Reviews, Bestselling Books & Publishing Business News - Publishers Weekly.
  9. Fiction Book Review: Murder in Jerusalem: A Michael Ohayon Mystery by Batya Gur, Author, Evan Fallenberg, Translator , trans. from the Hebrew by Evan Fallenberg. HarperCollins $24.95 (388p) ISBN 978-0-06-085293-1.
  10. Fallenberg Evan - Department of English Literature and Linguistics - Bar-Ilan University. In: english.biu.ac.il.
  11. Esra Magazine - Memories after my death: The Joseph (Tommy) Lapid Story - A Review. In: esra-magazine.com.
  12. Promising debut for Israeli Stage with 'Ulysses on Bottles' - The Boston Globe.
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