David Adam Galef (born March 27, 1959) is an American fiction writer, critic, poet, translator, and essayist. Born in the

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, he grew up in Scarsdale. He graduated summa cum laude from

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in 1981, after which he lived in Osaka, Japan, for a year. He received an M.A. in English from

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in 1984, and a Ph.D. in literature in 1989. In 1992, he married Beth Weinhouse. From 1989 to 2008, he was a professor of English at the

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, where he administered the M.F.A. program in creative writing until 2007. David Galef and his family currently live in Montclair, where he is an English professor and director of the creative writing program at Montclair State University. Galef has published over sixteen books. In addition, he has written over two hundred short stories for magazines ranging from the British ''Punch ''to the ''Czech Prague Revue'', the ''Canadian Prism International ''and the ''American Shenandoah''. His essays and reviews have appeared in ''

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'', ''Twentieth Century Literature'', ''The Columbia History of the British Novel'' and many other places. His awards include a Henfield Foundation grant, a Writers Exchange award from Poets & Writers, the Meringoff Prize for fiction, and a Mississippi Arts Council grant, as well as residencies at Yaddo, Ragdale, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Works

;Novels *''Flesh.'' New York: The Permanent Press, 1995. Russian translation, 2008. *''Turning Japanese.'' New York: The Permanent Press, 1998. *''How to Cope with Suburban Stress'' New York: The Permanent Press, 2006. Russian translation rights and film option sold, 2007. ;Short-Story Collections *''Laugh Track.'' Jackson, MS: The University Press of Mississippi, 2002. *''A Man of Ideas and Other Stories.'' Las Cruces, NM: Noemi Press, 2008. *''My Date with Neanderthal Woman.'' Ann Arbor, MI: Dzanc Books, 2011. ;Poetry Collections *''Flaws.'' Cincinnati, OH: David Roberts Books, 2007. *''Lists.'' Indian Trail, NC: D-N Publishing, 2007. *''Apocalypses.'' Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2009. *''Kanji Poems.'' Cincinnati, OH: Word Poetry, 2015. ;Children’s Books *''The Little Red Bicycle.'' Illus. Carol Nicklaus. New York:

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, 1988. *''Tracks.'' Illus. Tedd Arnold. New York: William Morrow, 1996. Rpt.by Junior Library Guild, 1996, and Scholastic (paperback and audio tape), 1996. ;Translations *''Even Monkeys Fall from Trees: The Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs.'' Illus. Jun Hashimoto. Tokyo:

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, 2000. Rpt. of ''Even Monkeys Fall from Trees, and Other Japanese Proverbs''. 1987. *''Even a Stone Buddha Can Talk: More Wit and Wisdom of Japanese Proverbs.'' Illus. Jun Hashimoto. Tokyo:

, 2000. *''Japanese Proverbs: Wit and Wisdom.'' Illus. Jun Hashimoto. Tokyo:

, 2012. ;Criticism *''Second Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading.'' Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998. ditor and contributor.*''The Supporting Cast: A Study of Flat and Minor Characters.'' University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993. ;Anthology *''20 over 40.'' Jackson, MS: The University Press of Mississippi, 2006. o-editor with Beth Weinhouse.;Textbook *''Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook.'' New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. ;Edition *''Tess of the d’Urbervilles'', by Thomas Hardy. New York:

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, 2005. ditor.

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External references

*Contemporary Authors. Vol. 145. Ed. Kathleen J. Edgar. Gale Research, 1995. 151. *World Authors 1990-1995, ed. Clifford Thompson (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1999). 241-43. *Mississippi Writers Page, https://web.archive.org/web/20080204205546/http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/galef_david/index.html
Interview with David Galef
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