Tony D'Souza is an American novelist, journalist, essayist, reviewer, travel, and short story writer. He has published three novels with the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt including: Whiteman (2006), The Konkans (2008), and Mule (2011).[1]
Tony D'Souza | |
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| Born | Chicago |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame and Hollins University |
Life and career
editD'Souza was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He is multiracial with his father being Mangalorean Catholic and his mother being Euro-American.[2]
While attending Carthage College, he studied fiction. He later earned his master's degree in writing from the University of Notre Dame and Hollins University.[3]
He also served for two and a half years in the Peace Corps, working in Côte d'Ivoire, where he was an AIDS educator.[4][5] D'Souza is married, and has two children.[6]
His first published story won the Black Warrior Review's award for fiction in 1999. His short story "Club des Amis" was published in The New Yorker,[7] and D’Souza later included the essay as a part of his first novel, Whiteman, published in 2006.[8] Whiteman garnered many awards – Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York Times Editor's Pick, People Magazine Critic's Choice, the Florida Gold Medal for General Fiction,[9] and was named one of the "greatest fiction travel books of all time" by Condé Nast Traveler.[10]
His second novel, The Konkans, was published in 2008 and was called "best novel of the year" by The Washington Post.[1]
Published in 2011, Mule was praised by Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Booklist.[11][12] It was also optioned for film by Hunting Lane Films.[13]
D'Souza has received a 2006 NEA Fellowship, a 2007 NEA Japan Friendship Fellowship,[4] and a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts-Fiction.[9] His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, Outside, Mother Jones, Salon, Granta, Tin House, and McSweeney's.[9] He detailed his coverage of Nicaragua's Eric Volz murder trial on The Today Show, Dateline, Bill Kurtis Investigates, E! Channel, the BBC, and NPR.[1]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- Whiteman (2006)
- The Konkans (2008)
- Mule (2011)
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Carthage alumnus celebrates release of third novel". www.carthage.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ^ "Books - A Guest Column Sarasota Novelist Throws Spotlight on 'The Konkans'". www.khaasbaat.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
- ^ Letters, Arts and (2008-03-03). "Author Tony D'Souza returns to read from latest novel". College of Arts & Letters. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ a b "Tony D'Souza". NEA. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
- ^ "Interview with Tony D'Souza". peacecorpswriters.org. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ^ Henderson, Jane (2011-10-09). "Local authors write about illegal drug trade". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
- ^ Monczunk, John (11 December 2008). "Domers in the news | Notre Dame Magazine | University of Notre Dame". Notre Dame Magazine. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ Mason, Wyatt (16 April 2006). "Volunteers of America". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Tony D'Souza". Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ Kachka, Boris (14 October 2008). "The 69 Greatest Fiction Travel Books of All Time". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ "Mule". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ MULE by Tony D'Souza | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Tony D'Souza Novel 'Mule' Optioned By Hunting Lane Films". Deadline. 2011-10-05. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved 2019-09-05.