Mischa Berlinski
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Life
Berlinski is the son of author and academic David Berlinski and cellist Toby Saks,[2] the grandson of composer and musicologist Herman Berlinski, and the brother of journalist Claire Berlinski.
Berlinski is a UC Berkeley graduate, and has worked as a journalist in Thailand.[3][4]
Awards
- 2007 National Book Award Fiction Finalist
- 2008 Whiting Award
- 2013 American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Addison M. Metcalf Award[5]
Works
Books
- Fieldwork, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 2007
- Peacekeeping: A Novel, Sarah Crichton Books, 2016
Articles
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Reviews
Stephen King reviewed Fieldwork for Entertainment Weekly. While King lauds the novel's complexity, "narrative voice full of humor and sadness," and suspense, he criticizes the book's publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, for poor marketing choices:[6] Template:Quote
King's review resulted in increased sales of Fieldwork.[7] When Berlinski won the Whiting Award, he attributed it to his "luck" that "Stephen King, the most famous writer in the world, picked up my book because he didn't like the cover."[8]
In 2007, The New York Review of Books published a positive review of Fieldwork from Hilary Mantel:[9]
References
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- ↑ "Novelist Mischa Berlinski is among Whiting award winners", Associated Press in Los Angeles Times, October 31, 2008.
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- ↑ Tim Rutten, "Faith and Reason in Thailand", Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2007;
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- ↑ Stephen King, "How to Bury a Book", Entertainment Weekly, April 15, 2007.
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- ↑ Jocelyn McClurg and Bob Minzesheimer, "Book Buzz: Marriage, sickness and luck", USA Today, October 29, 2008.
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External links
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
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- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- Novelists from New York City
- American male novelists
- 21st-century American male writers
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- Berlinski family