Eli Gottlieb is an American author. His first novel, ''

The Boy Who Went Away ''The Boy Who Went Away'' is a 1997 debut novel by Eli Gottlieb, it won the Rome Prize, the McKitterick Prize in 1998, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. It has been identified as one of the best novels of the 1990s.Linda Parent Leshe ...

'', was published by

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, in 1997. The novel debuted to widespread critical acclaim and earned Gottlieb the

Rome Prize The Rome Prize is awarded by the American Academy in Rome, in Rome, Italy. Approximately thirty scholars and artists are selected each year to receive a study fellowship at the academy. Prizes have been awarded annually since 1921, with a hiatus ...

and the

McKitterick Prize The McKitterick Prize is a United Kingdom literary prize. It is administered by the Society of Authors. It was endowed by Tom McKitterick, who had been an editor of ''The Political Quarterly'' but had also written a novel which was never publ ...

from the British Society of Authors in 1998.

Education and background

Gottlieb was born in New York City and raised in

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. He graduated from

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Career

Gottlieb has taught American literature at the

University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from B ...

Italy, written documentary films and worked as a senior editor at ''

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'' magazine and as a staff writer for The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. In 2008, Gottlieb's second novel, ''Now You See Him'', was published by William Morrow. Translated into eleven languages, the novel was named "Book of the Year" by The Independent (UK) and Bookmarks magazine. His third novel, ''The Face Thief'', was published by Morrow on January 17, 2012. His fourth novel, ''Best Boy'', was published by Liveright on August 24, 2015.

Personal

Gottlieb lives in New York City.

References

External links

Official website

Gottlieb's page on HarperCollins website

''Salon'' review of ''The Face Thief''

Eli Gottlieb's top 10 scenes from the battle of the sexes, ''The Guardian (UK), August 19, 2008

The Irresistible Sway, ''Lincoln Center Theater Review'', Spring 2005

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