Novakovich, Josip: -

Josip Novakovich emigrated
from Croatia to the United States at the age of 20. He has published a dozen
books, including a novel, April Fool's Day (in ten languages), five
story collections (Infidelities, Yolk, Salvation and Other Disasters,
Heritage of Smoke, and Tumbleweed) and three collections of
narrative essays as well as two books of practical criticism. His novel, Rubble
of Rubles, is scheduled for publication in 2022. His work was anthologized
in Best American Poetry, the Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Prize Stories. He has
received the Whiting Writer's Award, a Guggenheim fellowship, the Ingram
Merrill Award and an American Book Award, and in 2013 he was a Man Booker
International Award finalist. He has taught at Penn State, University of
Cincinnati, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and now at Concordia University in
Montreal.