Steven G. Kellman (born November 15, 1947) is an American critic and academic, best known for his books Redemption:The Life of Henry Roth (2005) and The Translingual Imagination (2000).
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Kellman was born in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of Harpur College at Binghamton University (1967), he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969 and 1972, respectively.
Kellman has taught at the University of California campuses at Irvine and Berkeley. In 1976, he joined the faculty of the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he was the university's first Ashbel Smith Professor, from 1995-2000, and is currently a professor of comparative literature, specializing in fiction, film, and criticism.[1] He was named Jack & Laura Richmond Endowed Faculty Fellow in American Literature in 2023. He was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at Tbilisi State University in 1980 and held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Literature at the University of Sofia in 2000. He is married to the poet Wendy Barker.
The weekly column that Kellman wrote for the San Antonio Light from 1983 until the newspaper's demise in 1993 won the H. L. Mencken Award in 1986. He is a contributing writer for The Texas Observer and the San Antonio Current. His film reviews were awarded first place in arts criticism by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in 2006. His essays and reviews have appeared in The American Scholar, Atlantic Monthly, Bookforum, Huffingtonpost.com, Forward, Southwest Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, New York Times Book Review, Georgia Review, The Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Gettysburg Review, and Virginia Quarterly Review, among many other publications. In 2007, he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.[2] Kellman was founding president of the literary center Gemini Ink and was elected into membership in the Texas Institute of Letters.[3] He served two terms on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, from 1996-2002, and began his third term in 2009. He began his fourth term in 2012.[4] In 2010, he began serving as Vice President for Membership of the NBCC. He was a finalist for the Kukula Award for excellence in nonfiction reviewing in 2023.
Kellman's first book, The Self-Begetting Novel, appeared in 1980 and examines a subgenre of modern metafiction in which the protagonist ends up writing the novel in which he appears. Loving Reading: Erotics of the Text (1985) is a study in reader theory that explores the analogy between reading and making love. In two books, The Translingual Imagination (2000) - which Peter Bush in the Times Literary Supplement called “a passionately eloquent narrative of a new translingual world behind the English Curtain"[5] - and Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft (2003), Kellman surveyed the phenomenon of writers who write in more than one language or in a language other than their primary one. He provided further reflections on literary translingualism in Nimble Tongues (2020). His biography of the author of the 1934 novel Call It Sleep, Redemption: The Life of Henry Roth (2005), received the New York Society Library Award for Biography and was hailed by Josh Lambert in the San Francisco Chronicle as “not only a necessary addition to the annals of American literature, but also a trenchant exploration of the relationship between the horrors of life and the saving power of art."[6]American Suite: A Literary History of the United States, Kellman's first book of poems, appeared in 2018. The Restless Ilan Stavans: Outsider on the Inside, the first book-length study of the prominent public intellectual Ilan Stavans, appeared in 2019. Kellman's selected essays, Rambling Prose, appeared in 2020.
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The Self-Begetting Novel, 1980, New York: Columbia University Press, 1980, London: Macmillan
Loving Reading: Erotics of the Text, 1985, Hamden, Conn.: Archon
Approaches to Teaching Camus’s The Plague, (editor), 1985, New York: Modern Language Association
The Plague: Fiction and Resistance, 1993, Boston: Twayne
Perspectives on Raging Bull, 1994, (editor), New York: G. K. Hall
Into "The Tunnel": Readings of Gass’s Novel, 1998, (co-editor), Newark: University of Delaware Press
Leslie Fiedler and American Culture, 1999, (co-editor), Newark: University of Delaware Press
The Translingual Imagination, 2000, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press
Torpid Smoke: The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, 2000, (co-editor), Amsterdam: Rodopi
Magill’s Literary Annual, 2001–present, (co-editor), Pasadena: Salem Press
Underwords: Perspectives on Don DeLillo’s Underworld, 2002, (co-editor), Newark: University of Delaware Press
Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft, 2003, (editor), Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press
Redemption: The Life of Henry Roth, 2005, New York: W. W. Norton
Magill’s Survey of American Literature, rev. ed., 2007, (editor), Pasadena: Salem Press
Magill’s Survey of World Literature, rev. ed., 2009, (editor), Pasadena: Salem Press
M. E. Ravage, An American in the Making, (editor), 2009, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
Critical Insights: Albert Camus, (editor), 2011, Pasadena: Salem Press
American Suite: A Literary History of the United States. 2018, Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press
The Restless Ilan Stavans: Outsider on the Inside. 2019, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press
Nimble Tongues: Studies in Literary Translingualism. 2020, West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press
Rambling Prose: Essays. 2020, San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press
The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism. 2021, (co-editor), New York: Routledge
^Peter Bush, Review of The Translingual Imagination. Times Literary Supplement, November 30, 2000, p. 32.
^"The 'canker in the soul' that ate away at Roth's writing". 14 August 2005.
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university s first Ashbel Smith Professor from 1995 2000 and is currently a professor of comparative literature specializing in fiction film and criticism 1 He was named Jack amp Laura Richmond Endowed Faculty Fellow in American Literature in 2023 He was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at Tbilisi State University in 1980 and held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Literature at the University of Sofia in 2000 He is married to the poet Wendy Barker The weekly column that Kellman wrote for the San Antonio Light from 1983 until the newspaper s demise in 1993 won the H L Mencken Award in 1986 He is a contributing writer for The Texas Observer and the San Antonio Current His film reviews were awarded first place in arts criticism by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies in 2006 His essays and reviews have appeared in The American Scholar Atlantic Monthly Bookforum Huffingtonpost com Forward Southwest Review Michigan Quarterly Review New York Times Book Review Georgia Review The Nation San Francisco Chronicle Los Angeles Times Chicago Tribune Atlanta Journal Constitution Gettysburg Review and Virginia Quarterly Review among many other publications In 2007 he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle s Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing 2 Kellman was founding president of the literary center Gemini Ink and was elected into membership in the Texas Institute of Letters 3 He served two terms on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle from 1996 2002 and began his third term in 2009 He began his fourth term in 2012 4 In 2010 he began serving as Vice President for Membership of the NBCC He was a finalist for the Kukula Award for excellence in nonfiction reviewing in 2023 Kellman s first book The Self Begetting Novel appeared in 1980 and examines a subgenre of modern metafiction in which the protagonist ends up writing the novel in which he appears Loving Reading Erotics of the Text 1985 is a study in reader theory that explores the analogy between reading and making love In two books The Translingual Imagination 2000 which Peter Bush in the Times Literary Supplement called a passionately eloquent narrative of a new translingual world behind the English Curtain 5 and Switching Languages Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft 2003 Kellman surveyed the phenomenon of writers who write in more than one language or in a language other than their primary one He provided further reflections on literary translingualism in Nimble Tongues 2020 His biography of the author of the 1934 novel Call It Sleep Redemption The Life of Henry Roth 2005 received the New York Society Library Award for Biography and was hailed by Josh Lambert in the San Francisco Chronicle as not only a necessary addition to the annals of American literature but also a trenchant exploration of the relationship between the horrors of life and the saving power of art 6 American Suite A Literary History of the United States Kellman s first book of poems appeared in 2018 The Restless Ilan Stavans Outsider on the Inside the first book length study of the prominent public intellectual Ilan Stavans appeared in 2019 Kellman s selected essays Rambling Prose appeared in 2020 Books editThe Self Begetting Novel 1980 New York Columbia University Press 1980 London Macmillan Loving Reading Erotics of the Text 1985 Hamden Conn Archon Approaches to Teaching Camus s The Plague editor 1985 New York Modern Language Association The Plague Fiction and Resistance 1993 Boston Twayne Perspectives on Raging Bull 1994 editor New York G K Hall Into The Tunnel Readings of Gass s Novel 1998 co editor Newark University of Delaware Press Leslie Fiedler and American Culture 1999 co editor Newark University of Delaware Press The Translingual Imagination 2000 Lincoln NE University of Nebraska Press Torpid Smoke The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov 2000 co editor Amsterdam Rodopi Magill s Literary Annual 2001 present co editor Pasadena Salem Press Underwords Perspectives on Don DeLillo s Underworld 2002 co editor Newark University of Delaware Press Switching Languages Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft 2003 editor Lincoln NE University of Nebraska Press Redemption The Life of Henry Roth 2005 New York W W Norton Magill s Survey of American Literature rev ed 2007 editor Pasadena Salem Press Magill s Survey of World Literature rev ed 2009 editor Pasadena Salem Press M E Ravage An American in the Making editor 2009 New Brunswick NJ Rutgers University Press Critical Insights Albert Camus editor 2011 Pasadena Salem Press American Suite A Literary History of the United States 2018 Georgetown KY Finishing Line Press The Restless Ilan Stavans Outsider on the Inside 2019 Pittsburgh PA University of Pittsburgh Press Nimble Tongues Studies in Literary Translingualism 2020 West Lafayette IN Purdue University Press Rambling Prose Essays 2020 San Antonio TX Trinity University Press The Routledge Handbook of Literary Translingualism 2021 co editor New York RoutledgeReferences edit http www colfa utsa edu English kellman html Blogger http www mysanantonio com news Book critic and UTSA Professor Kellman feted at INKstravaganza html permanent dead link News amp Notes Archived from the original on May 21 2009 Peter Bush Review of The Translingual Imagination Times Literary Supplement November 30 2000 p 32 The canker in the soul that ate away at Roth s writing 14 August 2005 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Steven G Kellman amp oldid 1187905899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
