Michael David Lukas
Michael David Lukas (born March 30, 1979) is an American author best known for his novel The Oracle of Stamboul, published by Harper Collins[1] and translated into over a dozen languages.[2]
His writing has been published in The New York Times,[3] Wall Street Journal,[4] and the San Francisco Chronicle.[5] He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey[2] and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Tunisia.[6] He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts,[7] the Santa Maddalena Foundation,[8] and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.[9] Lukas has taught creative writing at 826 Valencia,[10] The Writers' Studio at Stanford University,[11] and the University of the Pacific.[12]
Personal life and education
Lukas was born in 1979 in Berkeley, California, where he grew up with his four younger siblings.
Moving East to attend Brown University,[13] Lukas studied comparative literature and then received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the creative writing program at the University of Maryland.
He currently lives in Oakland with his wife Haley and daughters Mona and Amira.[2]
Bibliography
Title | Year | First Published |
---|---|---|
When the News and the Novel Collide[3] | 2013 | The New York Times |
A Multiplicity of Voices[14] | 2013 | The Millions |
Fear and Loving in Cairo[4] | 2012 | The Wall Street Journal |
Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile[15] | 2012 | The Wall Street Journal |
How Should A person Be[5] | 2012 | SFGate |
The Queen Of America[16] | 2011 | SFGate |
The Arrogant Years[17] | 2011 | SFGate |
Sympathy For The Paraoh[18] | 2011 | Slate |
Lessons From Third Grade[19] | 2011 | Publishers Weekly |
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore[20] | 2011 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Workshopping War Literature[21] | 2010 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
Friendly Fire[22] | 2009 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
Golems, Novelists, and Other Superheroes[23] | 2009 | Tikkun |
How to Win a Cosmic War[24] | 2009 | Virginia Quarterly Review |
Destiny Disrupted[25] | 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle |
A Skeptic’s Guide to Passover[26] | 2009 | Slate |
Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations[27] | 2009 | All Things Considered |
We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land[28] | 2009 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Mitzvah Mobile[29] | 2008 | Slate |
Al’ America[30] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Question and Answer Men[13] | 2003 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
From A to X[31] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Finding Nouf[32] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Mirror of the Arab World[33] | 2008 | San Francisco Chronicle |
The Uncertain Hour[34] | 2007 | San Francisco Chronicle |
Forget The Quran[35] | 2006 | Slate |
Culinary Orientalism[36] | 2007 | The New York Times Magazine |
Tortilla Dreams[37] | 2006 | Diablo Magazine |
Israel Vibration[38] | 2005 | Washington City Paper |
Tourist Class[39] | 2005 | Washington City Paper |
The Commercial Campus[40] | 2003 | Providence Phoenix |
My Summer Job[41] | 2003 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
My Daddy's War Story[42] | In Posse Review | |
For True Bookies, a Wealth of Riches[43] | 2002 | The Boston Globe |
A Writer’s Life[44] | 2002 | Brown Alumni Magazine |
Awards
- 2018: National Jewish Book Award for The Last Watchman of Old Cairo[45]
References
- Neal Stephenson. "Michael David Lukas". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Michael David Lukas - The Oracle of Stamboul". Book Passage. 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/when-the-news-and-the-novel-collide/?_r=0
- David, Michael (2012-12-21). "Fearlessness and Loving in Cairo | Traveler's Tale". WSJ. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael David Lukas (2012-06-27). "'How Should a Person Be?' by Sheila Heti". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Interview with Michael David Lukas - STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST STEPHANiE ELiZONDO GRiEST". Stephanieelizondogriest.com. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Michael David Lukas | NEA". Arts.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- adminsm (2014-04-16). "Michael David Lukas – Santa Maddalena Foundation". Santamaddalena.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Conference Staff | Middlebury". Middlebury.edu. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "The Hero's Journey". 826 Valencia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Prior Course Details". Continuingstudies.stanford.edu. 2015-04-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "English Department Visiting Professor: Michael David Lukas | The Pacifican". Thepacificanonline.com. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Question & Answer Men". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "A Multiplicity of Voices: On the Polyphonic Novel". The Millions. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Cutting It Close Makes the Trip Worthwhile | 18|8 FINE MEN'S SALONS". Eighteeneight.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-12-04). "'Queen of America,' by Luis Alberto Urrea". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-09-04). "'The Arrogant Years,' by Lucette Lagnado". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- David, Michael (2011-04-18). "Pharaoh's "hardened heart": Passover and the nature of biblical justice". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- David, Michael (2011-02-14). "Lessons From Third Grade: The Cure For Writer's Block". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael David Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2011-02-02). "'The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore' review". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Jackson, Greg (2010-04-01). "Workshopping the Next Generation of American War Literature". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Jackson, Greg (2009-09-11). "Dispatches from the Mother of the World". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Golems, Novelists, and other Superheroes | Tikkun Magazine". Tikkun.org. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Jackson, Greg (2009-05-05). "Engaging Islam in the Age of Obama". VQR Online. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "'Destiny Disrupted,' by Tamim Ansary". SFGate. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- David, Michael (2009-04-08). "Scientific explanations for the parting of the Red Sea, the 10 plagues, and the burning bush". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- All Things Considered (2009-04-11). "Passover Miracles Meet Scientific Explanations". NPR. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2009-02-08). "'We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- David, Michael (2008-12-19). "Celebrating Hanukkah with menorah parades". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael Lukas, Special to The Chronicle (2008-11-08). "Nonfiction review: Curiel's 'Al' America'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael Lukas (2008-09-28). "John Berger's 'From A to X'". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael Lukas (2008-06-15). "Detectives in the desert". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael Lukas (2008-03-22). "Review: Studying Lebanon to unlock Middle East". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael Lukas (2007-06-17). "Eloquent rendering of Petronius' honor suicide". SFGate. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- David, Michael (2006-12-06). "Claudia Roden's new cookbook, Arabesque, an excellent primer on the Middle East". Slate.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/magazine/09_13_culinary.html?fta=y&_r=0
- "Tortilla Dreams - Diablo Magazine - August 2006 - East Bay - California". Diablomag.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Lukas, Michael (2005-08-05). "Israel Vibration". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Lukas, Michael (2005-03-04). "Tourist Class". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Michael Lukas. "Features | The commercial campus". Providencephoenix.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/1157/40/
- "Poetry And Prose From In Posse Review". Webdelsol.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- HighBeam
- "A Writer's Life". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Past Winners - Fiction". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2020-01-20.