Gary Shteyngart
Biography
Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart
BIO
Gary Shteyngart was born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the
United States seven years later. His debut novel, THE RUSSIAN
DEBUTANTE'S HANDBOOK, won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction
and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His second novel,
ABSURDISTAN, was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by
The New York Times Book Review, as well as a best book of
the year by Time, The Washington Post Book World,
the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune,
and many other publications. He has been selected as one of
Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. His work has appeared
in The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, and Travel +
Leisure and his books have been translated into more than
twenty languages. He lives in New York City.
Gary Shteyngart
