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American writer (born 1942)

Stuart Dybek Born April 10, 1942 [1] Chicago, Illinois Occupation Short fiction writer, poet Education St. Rita of Cascia High School Alma mater Loyola University Chicago; Iowa Writers' Workshop Period 1970s- Genres Poetry; Novels Notable works The Coast of Chicago

**Stuart Dybek** (born April 10, 1942) is an American writer of fiction and poetry.

## Biography

Dybek, a second-generation [Polish American](/source/Polish_American),[2] was born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), [Illinois](/source/Illinois) and raised in Chicago's [Little Village](/source/Little_Village%2C_Chicago) and [Pilsen](/source/Pilsen%2C_Chicago) neighborhoods in the 1950s and early 1960s. He graduated from [St. Rita of Cascia High School](/source/St._Rita_of_Cascia_High_School) in 1959 and earned an [MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) from the [Iowa Writers' Workshop](/source/Iowa_Writers'_Workshop) at the [University of Iowa](/source/University_of_Iowa). He has an [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts) in literature from [Loyola University Chicago](/source/Loyola_University_Chicago).[3]

Often compared to [Saul Bellow](/source/Saul_Bellow) and [Theodore Dreiser](/source/Theodore_Dreiser) for his unique portrayal of setting and landscapes, Dybek is "among the first writers of Polish descent (who write about the ethnic self) to receive national recognition."[4]

After teaching for more than 30 years at [Western Michigan University](/source/Western_Michigan_University), where he remains an adjunct professor of English and a member of the permanent faculty of the Prague Summer Program, Dybek became the Distinguished Writer in Residence at [Northwestern University](/source/Northwestern_University) where he teaches at the [School of Professional Studies](/source/Northwestern_University_School_of_Professional_Studies).

## Work

Dybek's two collections of poems are *Brass Knuckles* (1979) and *Streets in Their Own Ink* (2004). His fiction includes *Childhood and Other Neighborhoods*, *The Coast of Chicago*, *[I Sailed With Magellan](/source/I_Sailed_With_Magellan)*, a novel-in-stories, *Paper Lantern: Love Stories*, and *Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories*. His work has been anthologized and has appeared in magazines such as *[Harper's](/source/Harper's)*, *[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)*, *[Atlantic Monthly](/source/Atlantic_Monthly)*, *[Poetry](/source/Poetry_(magazine))*, *[Tin House](/source/Tin_House)*, *[Ploughshares](/source/Ploughshares)*, *[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction](/source/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_and_Science_Fiction)* and *[TriQuarterly](/source/TriQuarterly)*.

His collection, *The Coast of Chicago*, was selected as a [New York Times Notable Book](/source/New_York_Times_Notable_Book) and cited as an [American Library Association Notable Book](/source/American_Library_Association_Notable_Book) of 2005. A story from *I Sailed With Magellan*, titled "Breasts," appears in the 2004 *[Best American Short Stories](/source/Best_American_Short_Stories)*.

Dybek was a participant in the Michigan Writers Series at [Michigan State University](/source/Michigan_State_University), where he read from his work.[5]

## Awards

Dybek's awards include a [Lannan Prize](/source/Lannan_Literary_Awards#Lannan_Literary_Award_for_Fiction), a [PEN/Malamud Award](/source/PEN%2FMalamud_Award) (1995), a [Whiting Award](/source/Whiting_Awards) (1985), a [Guggenheim fellowship](/source/List_of_Guggenheim_Fellowships_awarded_in_1981), and an [O. Henry Award](/source/O._Henry_Award).[6] Dybek was awarded a [MacArthur Fellowship](/source/MacArthur_Fellowship) on September 25, 2007.[7]

## Bibliography

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2015)

### Novels and short story collections

- [*Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xnwBT9MiewwC). Viking Adult. 1980. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-67021-618-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-67021-618-5).

- [*The Coast of Chicago: Stories*](https://books.google.com/books?id=NvSUycqgrnEC). Knopf. 1990. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-39457-449-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-39457-449-3).

- [*I Sailed with Magellan*](https://archive.org/details/isailedwithmagel0000dybe). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2003. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-37417-407-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-37417-407-1).

- [*Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories*](https://archive.org/details/ecstaticcahootsf0000dybe). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 3 June 2014. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-374-71055-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-71055-2).

- [*Paper Lantern: Love Stories*](https://books.google.com/books?id=JHd_AwAAQBAJ). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 3 June 2014. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-374-14644-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-374-14644-3).

### Poetry collections

- [*Brass Knuckles*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7xZAwAAQBAJ). University of Pittsburgh Press. 1979. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-82293-399-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-82293-399-1).

- [*Streets in Their Own Ink*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7xZAwAAQBAJ). Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2004. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-37427-095-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-37427-095-7).

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### Short stories and essays

- "*Prayer*" | X-1 Experimental Fiction Project | The Smith: 1976 | 49-52

- Dybek, Stuart (Autumn 2009). "Seiche". *[Granta](/source/Granta)* (108): 39–46.

- ["Vigil"](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/08/vigil/308580/). *The Atlantic*. Fiction Issue. 2011.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Philip A. Greasley. *Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Volume One: The Authors*. Indiana University Press. May 9, 2001 p. 162.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Lee, Don. "About Stuart Dybek." Ploughshares (24.1), 1998: 192-198. Print.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Philip A. Greasley. *Dictionary of Midwestern Literature: Volume One The Authors*. Indiana University Press. May 9, 2001 p. 162.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Gladsky, Thomas S. "Ethnicity to Multicultuarlism: The Fiction of Stuart Dybek." MELUS (20.2), 1995: 105-108. Print.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Michigan Writers Series"](http://www.lib.msu.edu/branches/vvl/writers/index.jsp). Michigan State University Libraries. Retrieved 2012-07-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [List of PEN/Malamud winners](http://www.powells.com/prizes/penmalamud.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050923101152/http://powells.com/prizes/penmalamud.html) 2005-09-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [MacArthur Fellows announced](http://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/24-macarthur-fellows-announced-today/)

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## External links

- [New York Times review of *Coast of Chicago*](https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/20/books/books-of-the-times-lyrical-loss-and-desolation-of-misfits-in-chicago.html)

- [Stuart Dybek interview at The Writing Disorder](http://www.thewritingdisorder.com/nonfictiondybek.html)

- [Stuart Dybek bio at Northwestern University](https://web.archive.org/web/20070212122809/http://www.english.northwestern.edu/people/dybek.htm)

- [Profile at The Whiting Foundation](http://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/stuart-dybek#/)

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