Anne Landsman (born 14 April 1959) is a novelist. She was born in

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, the daughter of a country doctor, and is a graduate of the

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and

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. Until 2001, she lectured at

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university in New York, where she still lives with her husband, architect James Wagman, and children. She is the author of the novels ''The Devil's Chimney'' and ''The Rowing Lesson''. The first novel developed from one of her short stories published in the American Poetry Review; the second is more autobiographical, telling the story of a Jewish South African woman. Her novels have been published in the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark, as well as the U.S. She has contributed essays to the anthologies ''Touch'', ''An Uncertain Inheritance'' and ''The Honeymoon’s Over'' and has written for numerous publications including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''The Believer'', ''

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'' and ''The Telegraph''. She has taught writing at

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and

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. Landsman is on the board of trustees at

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in New York City.

Novels

* ''The Devil’s Chimney'' (1997) * ''The Rowing Lesson'' (2007)

Awards

* 2009 Sunday Times Fiction Prize, * 2009

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PEN/Hemingway Award The PEN/Hemingway Award is awarded annually to a full-length novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a full-length book of fiction. The award is named after Ernest Hemingway and funded by the Hemingway ...

Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is a literary award presented annually for the "best book-length work of prose fiction" by an American woman. The award has been given by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies and the Depar ...

Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature is an annual prize awarded to an outstanding literary work of Jewish interest by an emerging writer. Previously administered by the Jewish Book Council, it is now given in association with the National Libr ...

(shortlisted) * Harold U.

Ribalow Prize The Ribalow Prize is a literary prize awarded annually by ''Hadassah Magazine'' the best work of fiction in English on a Jewish theme. The prize, formally the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, was endowed in memory of Harold U. Ribalow, an American writer, ...

(shortlisted)

References

1959 births Living people People from Worcester, South Africa University of Cape Town alumni South African women novelists Columbia University alumni 20th-century South African novelists 21st-century South African novelists 21st-century South African women writers 20th-century South African women writers Brooklyn College faculty {{SouthAfrica-writer-stub