Gerald David Shapiro (August 23, 1950 – October 15, 2011) was an American writer who had published three prize-winning books and was Cather Professor of English at the

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. He was also a reader for ''

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''. He lived in

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with his wife, the writer Judith Slater.

Education

He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the

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and M.F.A. from the

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at the

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Academic positions

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* Harris Center for Judaic Studies

Awards

Honor Award in Fiction from The Nebraska Center for the Book and the

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Prize in Short Fiction and the Pushcart Prize for Fiction and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction. He has also been a finalist for the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. Also won a Merit Award from the Nebraska Arts Council's Individual Artists Fellowships program.

Works

His stories have appeared in ''

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, Witness,

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, Gettysburg Review,

Missouri Review ''The Missouri Review'' is a literary magazine founded in 1978 by the University of Missouri. It publishes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction quarterly. With its open submission policy, ''The Missouri Review'' receives 12,000 manuscrip ...

, Quarterly West, Southern Review''.

Books published

* * (reprint University of Nebraska Press, 2004, ) *

Edited

References

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