Lily Tuck (born October 10, 1938) is an American novelist and short story writer whose novel ''The News from Paraguay'' won the 2004

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(With blurb linked to her name and essay by Harold Augenbraum from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) Her novel ''Siam'' was nominated for the 2000

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens. The winner receives US$15,000 and each of four runners-up receives US$5000. Fi ...

. She is a

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. She has published five other novels, two collections of short stories, and a biography of Italian novelist Elsa Morante.

Life

An American citizen born in

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, Tuck now divides her time between

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and

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; she has also lived in

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

and (during her childhood)

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

and

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. Tuck has stated that "living in other countries has given me a different perspective as a writer. It has heightened my sense of dislocation and rootlessness. ... I think this feeling is reflected in my characters, most of them women whose lives are changed by either a physical displacement or a loss of some kind".

Works

Novels *''Sisters.'' New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2017. *'' The Double Life of Liliane.'' New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015. *'' I Married You For Happiness.'' New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2011. *'' The News from Paraguay.'' New York: HarperCollins, 2004. *'' Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man.'' New York: Overlook Press, 1999. *'' The Woman Who Walked on Water''. New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. *'' Interviewing Matisse or the Woman Who Died Standing Up.'' New York: Knopf, 1991. Short Stories *''Heathcliff Redux and Other Stories.'' New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, Feb. 4, 2020. *''The House at Belle Fontaine: Stories.'' New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013. *''Limbo, and Other Places I Have Lived.'' New York: Harper Perennial, 2002. Biography * ''Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante.'' New York: HarperCollins, 2008.

References

External links

Chapter One of ''The News from Paraguay''

Author Bio, Photo, and National Book Award Acceptance Speech

National Public Radio ''All Things Considered'' interview with Tuck (audio file)

Charlie Rose interview with Lily Tuck and 2004 National Book Award Finalists (video file)
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