Lara Vapnyar
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Lara Vapnyar is a Russian
-born author of short stories living in the United States
.
Born in 1971, she moved in 1994 from Moscow
to Brooklyn, New York with her husband. (She currently lives on Staten Island
.) Knowing little English other than a few phrases she learned in school, Vapnyar quickly picked up the language and was soon writing in it, her first English-language work being published in 2002.
Her stories tread what is for her familiar territory -- the lives and small ambitions of Russian emigres living in New York. They have been published in such magazines as The New Yorker
and Harper's Magazine
, as well as in a collection, There are Jews in My House. She has also published a novel, Memoirs of a Muse.
Her work is generally identified as typically Russian, dealing intimately with the daily-life concerns of its subjects with fatalistic humor.
She currently lives in Staten Island
.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
-born author of short stories living in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Born in 1971, she moved in 1994 from Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
to Brooklyn, New York with her husband. (She currently lives on Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
.) Knowing little English other than a few phrases she learned in school, Vapnyar quickly picked up the language and was soon writing in it, her first English-language work being published in 2002.
Her stories tread what is for her familiar territory -- the lives and small ambitions of Russian emigres living in New York. They have been published in such magazines as The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
and Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010...
, as well as in a collection, There are Jews in My House. She has also published a novel, Memoirs of a Muse.
Her work is generally identified as typically Russian, dealing intimately with the daily-life concerns of its subjects with fatalistic humor.
She currently lives in Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
.