Michael David Lukas
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Michael David Lukas (born March 30, 1979) is an American author best known for his internationally bestselling novel, The Oracle of Stamboul, published by HarperCollins[1] and translated into over a dozen languages.[2] Michael's second novel, The Last Watchman of Old Cairo, was published by Random House[3] in 2018 and received the Sami Rohr Prize[4] as well as the National Jewish Book Award.[5] He teaches at San Francisco State University.[6]
His writing has been published in The New York Times,[7] Wall Street Journal,[8] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[9] He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey[2] and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia.[10] He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[11] the Santa Maddalena Foundation,[12] and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.[13] Lukas has taught creative writing at 826 Valencia,[14] The Writers' Studio at Stanford University,[15] and the University of the Pacific.[16]
Personal life and education
[edit]Lukas was born in 1979 in Berkeley, California, where he grew up with his four younger siblings.
Moving East to attend Brown University,[17] Lukas studied comparative literature and then received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the creative writing program at the University of Maryland.
He currently lives in Oakland with his wife Haley and daughters Mona and Amira.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Title | Year | First Published |
---|---|---|
When the News and the Novel Collide[7] | 2013 | The New York Times |
A Multiplicity of Voices[18] | 2013 | The Millions |
Fear and Loving in Cairo[8] | 2012 | The Wall Street Journal |
Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile[19] | 2012 | The Wall Street Journal |
How Should A person Be[9] | 2012 | SFGate |
The Queen Of America[20] | 2011 | SFGate |
The Arrogant Years[21] | 2011 | SFGate |
Sympathy For The Pharaoh[22] | 2011 | Slate |
Lessons From Third Grade[23] | 2011 | Publishers Weekly |
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore[24] | 2011 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Workshopping War Literature[25] | 2010 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
Friendly Fire[26] | 2009 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
Golems, Novelists, and Other Superheroes[27] | 2009 | Tikkun |
How to Win a Cosmic War[28] | 2009 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
Destiny Disrupted[29] | 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle |
A Skeptic’s Guide to Passover[30] | 2009 | Slate |
Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations[31] | 2009 | All Things Considered |
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land[32] | 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Mitzvah Mobile[33] | 2008 | Slate |
Al’ America[34] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Question and Answer Men[17] | 2003 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
From A to X[35] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Finding Nouf[36] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Mirror of the Arab World[37] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
The Uncertain Hour[38] | 2007 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Forget The Quran[39] | 2006 | Slate |
Culinary Orientalism[40] | 2007 | The New York Times Magazine |
Tortilla Dreams[41] | 2006 | Diablo Magazine |
Israel Vibration[42] | 2005 | Washington City Paper |
Tourist Class[43] | 2005 | Washington City Paper |
The Commercial Campus[44] | 2003 | Providence Phoenix |
My Summer Job[45] | 2003 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
My Daddy's War Story[46] | In Posse Review | |
For True Bookies, a Wealth of Riches[47] | 2002 | The Boston Globe |
A Writer’s Life[48] | 2002 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
Awards
[edit]- 2018: National Jewish Book Award for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo[49]
- 2019: ALA's Sophie Brody Medal for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo[50]
- 2019: Sami Rohr Prize for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo[51]
References
[edit]- ^ Stephenson, Neal. "Michael David Lukas". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ a b c "Michael David Lukas - The Oracle of Stamboul". Book Passage. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Michael David Lukas". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ Paull, Laura (2019-05-01). "Oakland author Michael David Lukas wins Rohr Jewish literature prize". J. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Meet National Jewish Book Award Winner Michael David Lukas | Jewish Book Council". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "Michael David Lukas | Department of Creative Writing". creativewriting.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ a b "When the News and the Novel Collide". 14 October 2013.
- ^ a b Lukas, Michael (2012-12-21). "Fearlessness and Loving in Cairo". WSJ. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ a b Lukas, Michael David (2012-06-27). "'How Should a Person Be?' by Sheila Heti". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Interview with Michael David Lukas - STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST". Stephanieelizondogriest.com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Michael David Lukas | NEA". Arts.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Michael David Lukas – Santa Maddalena Foundation". Santamaddalena.org. 2014-04-16. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Conference Staff | Middlebury". Middlebury.edu. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "The Hero's Journey". 826 Valencia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Prior Course Details". Continuingstudies.stanford.edu. 2015-04-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "English Department Visiting Professor: Michael David Lukas | The Pacifican". Thepacificanonline.com. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ a b "Question & Answer Men". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "A Multiplicity of Voices: On the Polyphonic Novel". The Millions. 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile | 18|8 FINE MEN'S SALONS". Eighteeneight.com. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2011-12-04). "'Queen of America,' by Luis Alberto Urrea". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2011-09-04). "'The Arrogant Years,' by Lucette Lagnado". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2011-04-18). "Pharaoh's "hardened heart": Passover and the nature of biblical justice". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2011-02-14). "Lessons From Third Grade: The Cure For Writer's Block". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2011-02-02). "'The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore' review". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Jackson, Greg (2010-04-01). "Workshopping the Next Generation of American War Literature". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Jackson, Greg (2009-09-11). "Dispatches from the Mother of the World". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Golems, Novelists, and other Superheroes | Tikkun Magazine". Tikkun.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Jackson, Greg (2009-05-05). "Engaging Islam in the Age of Obama". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "'Destiny Disrupted,' by Tamim Ansary". SFGate. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2009-04-08). "Scientific explanations for the parting of the Red Sea, the 10 plagues, and the burning bush". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations". NPR. 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2009-02-08). "'We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2008-12-19). "Celebrating Hanukkah with menorah parades". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2008-11-08). "Nonfiction review: Curiel's 'Al' America'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2008-09-28). "John Berger's 'From A to X'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2008-06-15). "Detectives in the desert". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2008-03-22). "Review: Studying Lebanon to unlock Middle East". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2007-06-17). "Eloquent rendering of Petronius' honor suicide". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David (2006-12-06). "Claudia Roden's new cookbook, Arabesque, an excellent primer on the Middle East". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Fasman, Jon (9 December 2007). "Culinary Orientalism". The New York Times.
- ^ "Tortilla Dreams - Diablo Magazine - August 2006 - East Bay - California". Diablomag.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael (2005-08-05). "Israel Vibration". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael (2005-03-04). "Tourist Class". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Lukas, Michael David. "Features | The commercial campus". Providencephoenix.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "My Summer Job".
- ^ "Poetry And Prose From In Posse Review". Webdelsol.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "A Writer's Life". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Past Winners - Fiction". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ Moore, Ninah (2019-01-27). "Sophie Brody Medal". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Winners". Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
External links
[edit]- 1979 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American Jews
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male non-fiction writers
- Jewish American non-fiction writers
- Jewish American novelists
- San Francisco State University faculty
- Writers from Berkeley, California