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Adam Foulds
Adam Foulds is a British novelist and poet who contributed to Granta 110. He is best known for historical fiction like The Quickening Maze and is recognized for his clear,
Granta 110
This issue of Granta gathers new fiction, memoir, and poetry to explore the theme of sex. Featuring work from acclaimed international writers like Roberto Bolaño and Natsuo Kirino, the collection examines desire, intimacy, and the body in its many forms. The pieces within are direct, sometimes unsettling, and always honest in their approach to the subject.
Adam Foulds is a British novelist and poet who contributed to Granta 110. He is best known for historical fiction like The Quickening Maze and is recognized for his clear,
Anne Carson is a Canadian poet and classicist who works across poetry, essays, and translation. She is known for books like Autobiography of Red and her contributions to Granta 110. Her writing often combines ancient history with modern life.
Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean author who won the Caine Prize for his short story in Granta 110. He is best known for his novel Harare North, which explores the lives
Carl Phillips is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared in Granta 110 and over a dozen books. He writes about the intersections of desire, landscape, and the human body. His
Chris Offutt is the author featured in McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales. He's known for his gripping stories that keep you turning the pages.
C. K. Williams was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator whose work appeared in Granta 110. He is best known for his long-lined verse and collections like Repair and
Dave Eggers is the author of six previous books, including his most recent, Zeitoun, a nonfiction account of a Syrian-American immigrant and his extraordinary experience during Hurricane Katrina and What Is the What, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award. That book, about Valentino Achak Deng, a survivor of the civil war in southern Sudan, gave birth to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation, run by Mr. Deng and dedicated to building secondary schools in southern Sudan. Eggers...
David Kirby is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared in Granta 110. He writes narrative-driven pieces that often explore the connections between art and daily life. His style is
Emmanuel Carrère est un écrivain, scénariste et réalisateur français. ---------- Emmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and film director.
Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
James Lord is a writer whose work appeared in the literary journal Granta 110. He focuses on fiction and essays that examine personal history and the arts.
Jeanette Winterson is an British author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society o...
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for A Visit from the Goon Squad. She writes fiction that experiments with structure and technology, including her recent book The Candy House and
Jo Broughton is a photographer and artist known for her documentary work. Her series Empty Porn Sets was featured in Granta 110. She focuses on the quiet, overlooked details of specific environments.
John Freeman is a writer and editor who formerly led Granta magazine, where he edited the Granta 110 collection. He writes non-fiction and poetry that focuses on contemporary literature and social issues. He is also the founder of the literary journal Freeman’s.
Marie Darrieussecq is a French writer known for her debut novel, Pig Tales, and her work in Granta 110. Her fiction often looks at the physical and psychological changes
Mark Doty is the author of eight books of poems, among them Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, School of the Arts, Source, and My Alexandria. He has also published four volumes of nonfiction prose: Still Life with Oysters and Lemon, Heaven's Coast, Firebird and Dog Years, which was a New York Times bestseller in 2007. Doty’s poems have appeared in many magazines including The Atlantic Monthly, The London Review of Books, Ploughshares, Poetry, and The New Yorker. Widely anthologized, hi...
His poetry has won the Forward Prize, the Costa Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award, and been shortlisted for the Griffin International Poetry Prize and the T.S. Eliot Prize. He has received major awards from the Arts Council and the Society of Authors. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and of the English Association.-website
Rebecca Lenkiewicz is a playwright and screenwriter who contributed to the Granta 110 collection. She wrote the script for the film Ida and the play Her Naked Skin, which made history at the
Roberto Bolaño was a Chilean novelist and poet who wrote influential books like The Savage Detectives and 2666. His fiction often follows the lives of wandering writers and explores the political
Rupert Thomson is a British author who writes sharp, psychological fiction and memoirs. He is known for books like The Insult and his contributions to Granta 110. His work
Tom McCarthy is a British author known for experimental novels like Remainder and C. He edited Granta 110, an issue focused on the theme of sex. His writing often explores how technology and art influence modern life.
Victor D. LaValle writes stories that blend horror, dark fantasy, and literary fiction. He is the author of Big Machine and The Ballad of Black Tom, and has contributed to the Tor.com Collection and Lit Riffs. His work often reimagines classic myths and monsters for a modern audience.
Yann Faucher is a writer whose work appeared in Granta 110. He focuses on short fiction and literary prose.
Natsuo Kirino (born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture) is the pen name of Mariko Hashioka, a Japanese novelist and a leading figure in the recent boom of female writers of Japanese detective fiction. Kirino is the middle child of three. She has two brothers, one who is six years older and one who is five years younger. Her father was an architect. Kirino has lived in many different cities, including her current residence, Tokyo. Kirino married in 1975 and had a daughter in 1981. She earned...