Английская Википедия:Brian Broome

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Brian Broome (born 1969 or 1970)[1] is an American memoirist, poet, and screenwriter from Ohio. He is best known for his award-winning memoir Punch Me Up to the Gods.

Education and career

Broome received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he also worked as a K. Leroy Irvis Fellow and an instructor in the Writing Program.[2] His first full-length book, Punch Me Up to the Gods, was purchased by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt while he was still a student.[3]

Broome currently writes for The Washington Post[4] and is a Writer in Residence at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.[5][1]

Awards

In 2021, Broome was named Pittsburgh's Person of the Year in the Literature category.[6]

Year Work Award Result Ref.
2018 "Gravel" Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Award for College Prose Winner [7]
2019 “In the Hypocrisy of the Opioid Epidemic, White Means Victim, Black Means Addict” Vann Award for Online/Health-Science-Environment Winner [8]
2020 "Garbage" Cortada Short Film Festival's Audience Choice Award Winner [9]
Portland Short Fest Semi-finalist [4]
2021 Punch Me Up to the Gods Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction Winner [10][11]
2022 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Honor [12]
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir or Biography Winner [13][14]
Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction Winner [15]

References

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