Cynthia Ozick

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born

in New York City, The United States

April 17, 1928

gender

female

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Recipient of the first Rea Award for the Short Story (in 1976; other winners Rea honorees include Lorrie Moore, John Updike, Alice Munro), an American Academy of Arts and Letters Mildred and Harold Strauss Living Award, and the PEN/Malamud award in 2008.

Upon publication of her 1983 The Shawl, Edmund White wrote in the New York Times, "Miss Ozick strikes me as the best American writer to have emerged in recent years...Judaism has given to her what Catholicism gave to Flannery O'Connor."

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Cynthia Ozick's Books

Average rating: 3.72 · 12,258 ratings · 1,205 reviews · 45 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Shawl 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,212 ratings — published 1989 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heir to the Glimmering World 3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foreign Bodies 3.09 of 5 stars 3.09 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Puttermesser Papers 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Messiah of Stockholm 3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dictation: A Quartet 3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quarrel & Quandary: Essays 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pagan Rabbi, and Other Stories 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphor & Memory 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cannibal Galaxy 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
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“If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.”
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