Anna Monardo

Anna Monardo
BornAnna Mondardo
1956 (age 68–69)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, professor
LanguageEnglish
EducationSaint Mary's College (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Period20th century, 21st century
GenreFiction, Poetry
SubjectItalian-American culture
Years active1993–present
Notable worksFalling In Love with Natassia, The Courtyard of Dreams
Notable awards
  • Clare Woolrich Fellowship
  • 2004 and 2012 Nebraska Arts Council Fellowships for Creative Non-Fiction in Literature
  • Residency Fellowships from the Djerassi Foundation, the Corporation of Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
  • 2013 Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity
  • 2013 Alumni Teaching Award
ChildrenLeo
Website
annamonardo.com

Anna Monardo (born 1956) is an American novelist of the Italian-American experience. Originally from Pittsburgh,[1] she graduated from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana and received her M.F.A. from Columbia University in 1983. She is a professor of the Writer's Workshop at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Books

  • The Courtyard of Dreams (Doubleday, 1993)
  • Falling In Love with Natassia (Doubleday, 2006)

References

  1. ^ "Anna Monardo". pif Magazine. Retrieved 31 March 2015.