Amy Hempel

Rachel Lister (University of Durham)

Ed. by Kerry Myler, Birmingham Newman University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 14 Dec 1951

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

Primary

Journalist
Story-writer

Resources

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Amy Hempel is an internationally-acclaimed short-story writer and journalist, celebrated by critics, writers and readers for her economical approach to form and style, her sensitive handling of loss and alienation and her penetrating wit. To date she has published five collections of short stories, two of which include a novella.

Hempel was born in Chicago in 1951. Words played an important role in her life from an early age. She tells the Paris Review:

Hempel was born in Chicago in 1951. Words played an important role in her life from an early age. She tells the

Paris Review

I had a mother I could only seem to please with verbal accomplishments of some sort or another. She read constantly, so I read constantly. If I used words that might have seemed surprising at a young age, she would

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Citation: Lister, Rachel. "Amy Hempel". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 August 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14766, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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