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's ''The Pigeon'' and

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's ''Pinocchio in Venice''. His own plays include ''Sulking Thomas'' and ''Captain of the Birds''. He collaborated with Eddin Khoo on the '' wayang kulit'' translation of ''Macbeth'' called ''Macbeth in the Shadows''.

Biography

Carey attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne, as did his father and grandfather. He did not enlist in the

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, however. Instead, he participated in the

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and attended the

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, earning a degree in drama in 1991. As a young Man, Carey worked in

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wax museum (London), which would figure into his historical novel, ''Little''. Carey attended the

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and taught at the

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. He has lived in many European locations, but, in 2006, he took up permanent residence in the United States, settling in

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where he teaches at the

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. He is married to the writer

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.''2008–2009 Radcliffe Institute Fellows''
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Works

* * * * * * * *Edward Carey (2020). ''The Swallowed Man.''

Awards

*Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation (2019)

References

External links

*
''Interview with Edward Carey'', Harcourt Trade Publishers
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