Gary Shteyngart
Soviet-born American novelist: Absurdistan, Super Sad True Love Story, Vera, or Faith.
At a glance
Also on this page: Key facts · Links · Sources · Related pages
- Gary Shteyngart is a Soviet-born American writer of mostly satirical fiction.
- Born in Leningrad, he moved to Queens in 1979.
- His novels are The Russian Debutante's Handbook (2002), Absurdistan (2006), Super Sad True Love Story (2010), Lake Success (2018), Our Country Friends (2021) and Vera, or Faith (2025), and his memoir is Little Failure (2014).
- He teaches writing at Columbia University.
Key facts
- Born
- 5 July 1972, Leningrad, as Igor Semyonovich Shteyngart; emigrated to the United States in 19791
- Education
- Stuyvesant High School; BA in politics, Oberlin College (1995); MFA, Hunter College1
- Novels
- The Russian Debutante's Handbook (2002); Absurdistan (2006); Super Sad True Love Story (2010); Lake Success (2018); Our Country Friends (2021); Vera, or Faith (2025)1
- Memoir
- Little Failure (2014), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award1
- Recognition
- National Jewish Book Award for Fiction; The New Yorker's "20 under 40" (2010); Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize (2011)1
- Teaching
- Writing at Columbia University1
Links
Sources
Last checked against its sources today
Is something on this page wrong or out of date? Tell us
How recent
The line under a date fills as time passes: empty when new, then one equal share each for a day, a week, a month and a year. For episodes and other items it is full at 2 years; for "last checked", at a year. A striped line means the date is known only to the month or year.