Peter Baida (July 26, 1950 – December 14, 1999) was an American

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

writer.

Life

Baida was born in

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and graduated from the

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. He graduated from

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(B.A., magna cum laude, English, 1972),

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(M.A., 1973, creative writing), and the

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with an M.B.A. in 1979. He was the

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's director of direct mail fundraising from 1984 through 1999. His work appeared in ''The Missouri Review'', A writer-in-residence fellowship is named for him at the

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Awards

* 1999

O. Henry Award The O. Henry Award is an annual American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American short-story writer O. Henry. The ''PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'' is an annual collection of the year's twenty best ...

Works

Short stories

Non-fiction

Anthologies

Essays

"The Fear of Getting Caught", ''American Heritage Magazine'', Jun 22, 1987Peter Baida, "Review of Sinclair Lewis, If I Were Boss, The Early Business Stories of Sinclair Lewis," ''Economic History'', Dec 7 1997

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baida, Peter 1999 deaths American short story writers 1950 births Harvard College alumni Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni Writers from Baltimore Park School of Baltimore alumni O. Henry Award winners