Anthony Marra

 ( American Male Writers ) 

Anthony Marra (born 1984) is an American fiction writer. Marra has won numerous awards for his short stories, as well as his first novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, which was a New York Times best seller.

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Personal life Marra was born in Washington, D.C., attended high school in Bethesda, Maryland, and has lived in Eastern Europe, though he now resides in Oakland, California.

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Education Marra attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland before attending the University of Southern California where he earned a bachelor's degree in creative writing. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Between 2011 and 2013, he was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where he also taught as the Jones Lecturer in Fiction.

Marra has also received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Writing

Marra has contributed pieces to The Atlantic, Narrative Magazine, Granta, The Rumpus, New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.

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Literary awards

Narrative Prize	—	Winner
California Book Award	First Fiction	Winner	(2014). 9780770436421, Random House Publishing. . ISBN 9780770436421
Goodreads Choice Award	Fiction	Nominee
National Book Award	Fiction	Nominee	Anthony Marra (2013). 9780770436414, Random House Publishing Group. . ISBN 9780770436414
National Book Critics Circle Award	John Leonard Prize	Winner
Booklist Editors' Choice	Adult Books	Selection
New York Times Notable Book of the Year	—	Selection
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award	Fiction	Winner
The Athens Prize for Literature	Περιοδικό (δέ)κατα	Winner
Booklist's Notable Books	—	Selection
Carla Furstenberg Cohen Fiction Award	Fiction	Winner
Dayton Literary Peace Prize	Fiction	Finalist
Indies Choice Book Award	Adult Debut	Winner
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize	—	Shortlist
Young Lions Fiction Award	—	Finalist
The Tsar of Love and Techno	Literature.gr Phrase of the Year Prize	—	Winner

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Bibliography

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Books

• Anthony Marra (2025). 9780770436407, Random House. ISBN 9780770436407
• Anthony Marra (2025). 9780770436438, Hogarth Press. ISBN 9780770436438
• Anthony Marra (2025). 9781399804400, Hogarth Press. ISBN 9781399804400

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Short stories

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Essays

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Contributions

• xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, published September 24, 2013 by Penguin Books
• The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016, published October 4, 2016 by Mariner Books

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External links

• Anthony Marra (Official Website)
• Profile at The Whiting Foundation

Categories: American Male Writers, 1984 Births, Living People, University Of Southern California Alumni, Stanford University Department Of English Faculty, Iowa Writers' Workshop Alumni, Stegner Fellows, Writers From Oakland, California, Writers From Maryland, Writers From Washington, Writers From Washington, D.c.

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