Christopher Castellani

Christopher David Castellani (born 1972, in Wilmington, Delaware, US) is the author of three novels, A Kiss from Maddalena (2003), The Saint of Lost Things (2005), and All This Talk of Love (2013).

Family and education

Christopher Castellani, the son of Italian immigrants, was raised in Wilmington and graduated from Salesianum School in 1990. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from Swarthmore College (1994), M.A. in English Literature from Tufts University (1996), and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University (1999).[1]

Novels and other publications

A Kiss from Maddalena (Algonquin, 2003) won the 2004 Massachusetts Book Award.[2] The Saint of Lost Things (Algonquin, 2005) was long-listed for the 2005 International Dublin Literary Award.[3] Castellani's third novel, All This Talk of Love (Algonquin), was published in February 2013.[4] His fourth book, an installment in the writing craft series from Graywolf Press, is The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story, published in 2016.[5] Castellani's novels have been translated and published outside the United States in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Australia, Thailand, and Taiwan. His short fiction and essays have been featured in several anthologies.

Academic and professional career

Castellani has taught English Literature at Tufts University (1997-2000) and Creative Writing as a visiting professor at Swarthmore College (2007). In 2004 and 2005, Castellani was a Fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury College, and has served on the Bread Loaf faculty as well as the faculty of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA (2006).

He resides in Boston, Massachusetts where he is the Artistic Director of the creative writing non-profit GrubStreet,[6] and serves on the faculty of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers.[4] He is represented by Aevitas Creative Management.[7]

Awards

  • Massachusetts Book Award, 2004[8]
  • Guggenheim Fellowship, 2014[9]
  • Poets & Writers/Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, 2015[10]
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship, 2016[11]

References

  1. ↑ Castellani, Christopher. "Christopher Castellani, author | Official website | About Christopher Castellani". christophercastellani.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. ↑ Wendruff, Ellen. "A Kiss from Maddalena: A Reading and Discussion Guide" (PDF). Arlington. MA: Robbins Library.
  3. ↑ "Attend | Christopher Castellani". Bostonbookfest.org. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  4. 1 2 Koven, Suzanne (5 February 2013). "Book review: 'All This Talk of Love' by Christopher Castellani". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  5. ↑ "THE ART OF PERSPECTIVE by Christopher Castellani | Kirkus Reviews". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  6. ↑ "Staff | GrubStreet". grubstreet.org. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  7. ↑ "Aevitas Creative Management". www.aevitascreative.com. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  8. ↑ "Mass Center for the Book Previous Winners". massbook.org. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  9. ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Christopher Castellani". www.gf.org. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  10. ↑ "Writers for Writers Award, Editor's Award | Poets and Writers". www.pw.org. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  11. ↑ "Mass Cultural Council | Gallery@MCC | Artist Detail". www.massculturalcouncil.org. Retrieved 2016-05-20.

Bibliography

Novels

  • A Kiss from Maddalena, Algonquin Books, 2003
  • The Saint of Lost Things, Algonquin Books, 2005
  • All This Talk of Love, Algonquin Books, 2013

Short fiction

Non-fiction

Anthologies and essays

  • Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers, Sherry Ellis, ed., Tarcher Books, 2006
  • Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer, Bret Anthony Johnston, ed., Random House, 2008
  • Mentors, Muses & Monsters, Elizabeth Benedict, ed., Excelsior Editions, 2012


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