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Elana Greenfield

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Elana Greenfield
BornNew York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • writer
EducationSarah Lawrence College
Brown University (MFA)
GenreShort story
Notable awardsWhiting Award (2004)

Elana Greenfield (born New York City) is an American playwright, and short story writer.

Life

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Greenfield was raised in Israel. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and from Brown University with an MFA. She was Artistic Director of New Dramatists.[1] Currently, she teaches dramatic writing at The New School,[2] in the Eugene Lang College division. She formerly taught the same subject at New York University.

Her work has appeared in Bomb and The Brooklyn Rail.[3]

Awards

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Works

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Short stories

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  • At the Damascus Gate: Short Hallucinations. Green Integer Series. 2003. ISBN 978-1-931243-49-0.

Plays

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Radio plays

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  • "Possessed by a Demon: Two Tales of the Devil," was produced for public radio and also presented at the New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater as part of the New Works project.

Anthologies

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  • Mac Wellman; Young Jean Lee, eds. (2006). "Nine Come". New downtown now: an anthology of new theater from downtown New York. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-4731-6.

References

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  1. ^ Rule, Sheila (4 August 1994). "A Refuge Where Playwrights See Their Inspirations Coming to Life". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Elana Greenfield - Part Time Associate Teaching Professor". Archived from the original on 2010-08-01. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
  3. ^ "BOMB Magazine: Nine Come by Elana Greenfield". www.bombsite.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-14.
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