Gary Amdahl | |
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Born | August 4, 1956 Jackson, Minnesota |
Notable works | Visigoth, Across My Big Brass Bed |
Notable awards | Pushcart Prize in 2000 |
Spouse | Leslie Brody |
Gary Byrdelle Amdahl is an American author, born August 4, 1956, in Jackson, Minnesota. He attended public schools, and graduated from Robbinsdale High School in 1974.
Amdahl has published six books, and produced nine plays. He was awarded two Jerome Fellowships at The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, and was a participant in Midwest Playlabs in 1985. His stories, essays, poetry (original, translated, and set to music), book and theater reviews, literary feature articles, and interviews have appeared in Spolia, AGNI, A Public Space, The Massachusetts Review, The Gettysburg Review, Fiction, The Quarterly, Santa Monica Review, Third Bed, Minnetonka Review, New York Times Book Review, The Nation, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Hungry Mind Review, and many other monthlies, weeklies, and dailies.
Amdahl has been married to author Leslie Brody since 1989.