Lara Vapnyar | |
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Born | 1975 (age 48–49) Moscow, USSR |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | American |
Period | Contemporary |
Notable works | The 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.