Donald Ray Pollock facts for kids
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Donald Ray Pollock
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Donald Ray Pollock in FOLIO - Óbidos International Literary Festival, 2019
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| Born | December 23, 1954 Ross County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Ohio University - Chillicothe |
| Genre | Gothic, crime |
| Children | Amber Pollock (Daughter) |
Donald Ray Pollock is an American writer. He was born on December 23, 1954. He is known for his stories and novels. His first book was a collection of short stories called Knockemstiff. It came out in 2008. This book was inspired by his childhood in Knockemstiff, Ohio. His first novel, The ... All the Time, was published in 2011. He also narrated the movie based on this novel in 2020.
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About Donald Ray Pollock
Donald Ray Pollock was born in 1954. He grew up in a place called Knockemstiff, Ohio. He has lived his whole adult life in Chillicothe, Ohio. For many years, he worked at a paper mill. He was a laborer and a truck driver there until he was 50 years old.
He went to Ohio University - Chillicothe. While he was there, he published his first collection of short stories. This book was titled Knockemstiff. His first novel, The ... All the Time, came out in 2011. His writings have appeared in many different literary magazines. These include Granta and Tin House. His most recent novel is called The Heavenly Table. It was published in 2016.
Awards and Special Mentions
Donald Ray Pollock has received several awards for his writing. These awards recognize his talent as a storyteller.
Awards for Knockemstiff
- In 2009, Knockemstiff won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize.
- It also received the Devil's Kitchen Award in Prose in 2009.
Awards for The ... All the Time
- Publishers Weekly named The ... All the Time one of the Top Ten Books of the Year in 2012.
- Donald Ray Pollock received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2012. This is a special award for artists and scholars.
- He won the Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing in 2012.
- In France, he won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 2012.
- In 2013, he received the Third Place International Category Deutscher Krimi Preis in Germany.
- He also won the First Place Prix Mystère de la critique in France in 2013.
Awards for The Heavenly Table
- In 2017, The Heavenly Table won First Place in the International Category of the Deutscher Krimi Preis in Germany.
See also
In Spanish: Donald Ray Pollock para niños
