Lara Vapnyar

Lara Vapnyar
Daniel Genis talks with Lara Vapnyar at the Vitaly Komar gallery opening
Daniel Genis talks with Lara Vapnyar at the Vitaly Komar gallery opening
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Moscow, USSR
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
PeriodContemporary
Notable worksThe Scent of Pine, There Are Jews in My House

Lara Vapnyar (born 1975) is a Russian-American writer currently living in the United States. She studied comparative literature at CUNY and worked with André Aciman and Louis Menand.[1]

Vapnyar has published four novels and two collections of short stories. Her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Open City (magazine), and Zoetrope: All Story.

  1. ^ "The Rumpus Q&A". Retrieved 18 October 2019.