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{{Short description|Australian writer}}
'''Goldie Goldbloom''' (born 1964) is an Australian novelist and short story writer.
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She is an [[LGBT]] activist<ref>{{cite web|last=A Wider Bridge|first=Lavender University|title=Lecture by Golda Goldbloom|url=http://awiderbridge.org/lavender-university-lecture-by-golda-goldbloom/|accessdate=13 December 2017|date=16 October 2013|website=[[A Wider Bridge]]}}</ref> working on behalf of queer [[Orthodox Jews]], a former board member of Eshel and the creator of the blog, Frum Gay Girl, in which she interviews Orthodox LGBT Jews and their allies.

'''Goldie Goldbloom''' (born 1964) is an Australian [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] novelist, essayist and short story writer. She is an [[LGBT movements|LGBT activist]] and a former board member of [[Eshel (organization)|Eshel]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==


Goldbloom was born in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], Western Australia. She is a graduate of theological seminaries in Australia and the United States, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from [[Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers|Warren Wilson College]]. She is a member of the [[Chabad|Lubavitch]] chassidic community.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chicago Reader|first=Jerome Ludwig|title=Goldie Goldbloom: Paperbark Writer|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/goldie-goldbloom-q-and-a/Content?oid=3555481|publisher=Chicago Reader|accessdate=April 7, 2011}}</ref> Goldbloom is the mother of eight children. Her grandmother was the West Australian writer Dorrit Hunt, who was made a Life Member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1988.<ref>http://members.iinet.net.au/~fawwa/lifemembers.htm</ref>
Goldbloom was born in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], Western Australia. She is a graduate of theological seminaries in Australia and the United States, and earned an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in [[creative writing]] from [[Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers|Warren Wilson College]]. She is a member of the [[Chabad|Lubavitch]] hasidic community.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ludwig |first=Jerome |date=2011-04-07 |title=Goldie Goldbloom: Paperbark Writer |url=http://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/goldie-goldbloom-paperbark-writer/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=[[Chicago Reader]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Goldbloom is the mother of eight children. Her grandmother was the West Australian writer Dorrit Hunt, who was made a Life Member of the [[Fellowship of Australian Writers]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Life Members |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~fawwa/lifemembers.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030819121731/http://members.iinet.net.au/~fawwa/lifemembers.htm |archive-date=Aug 19, 2003 |access-date=2021-06-08 |website=[[Fellowship of Australian Writers]]}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==


Goldbloom began writing fiction seriously in her forties, after the birth of her eight children, and in 2011, received the Simon Blattner Fellowship in Creative Writing and World Literature from [[Northwestern University]], following the publication of her novel, ''The Paperbark Shoe''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-30|title=Golda Goldbloom|url=https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/golda-goldbloom|access-date=2020-09-21|website=NEA|language=en}}</ref> She then began teaching at [[Northwestern University]] and the [[University of Chicago]].
Goldbloom began writing fiction seriously in her forties, after the birth of her eight children, and in 2011, received the Simon Blattner Fellowship in Creative Writing and World Literature from [[Northwestern University]], following the publication of her novel, ''The Paperbark Shoe''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-05-30|title=Golda Goldbloom|url=https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/golda-goldbloom|access-date=2020-09-21|website=NEA|language=en|archive-date=4 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102035/https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/golda-goldbloom|url-status=dead}}</ref> She then began teaching at [[Northwestern University]]<ref name=":0" /> and the [[University of Chicago]].
Goldbloom's work has been published in [https://www.pshares.org/ ''Ploughshares''], [https://www.kenyonreview.org/ ''The Kenyon Review''], ''[[Prairie Schooner]]'', Narrative, ''[[Le Monde]]'' and ''Story Quarterly'', among other places. In 2015, her story "The Pilgrim's Way" was selected for inclusion in the ''Best Australian Short Stories''. She was an early contributor to [https://www.israel365.com/2015/11/video-weekly-torah-portion-a-wife-for-isaac/ G-dcast], and has written for [[NPR]]. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been selected for ''Keep Your Wives Away From Them'' (Golden Crown Literary Award, 2011), ''Inspired Journeys'' and over a dozen other anthologies.
Goldbloom's work has been published in ''[[Ploughshares]]'', ''[[The Kenyon Review]]'', ''[[Prairie Schooner]]'', [[Narrative Magazine|''Narrative'']], ''[[Le Monde]]'' and ''[[StoryQuarterly]]'', among other places. In 2015, her story "The Pilgrim's Way" was included in [[Schwartz Publishing|Black Inc Book]]'s collection ''The Best Australian Short Stories 2015'', edited by [[Amanda Lohrey]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/best-australian-stories-2015 |title=The Best Australian Stories 2015 |date=2015-06-26 |publisher=[[Schwartz Publishing|Black Inc Books]] |editor-last=Lohrey |editor-first=Amanda |editor-link=Amanda Lohrey |language=en |access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref> She was an early contributor to G-dcast,<ref>{{Cite web |title=VIDEO: Weekly Torah Portion: A Wife for Isaac |url=https://www.israel365.com/2015/11/video-weekly-torah-portion-a-wife-for-isaac/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327161735/https://www.israel365.com/2015/11/video-weekly-torah-portion-a-wife-for-isaac/ |archive-date=27 March 2019 |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=Israel365}}</ref> and has written for [[NPR]]. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been selected for ''Keep Your Wives Away From Them'' ([[Golden Crown Literary Society|Golden Crown]] Literary Award, 2011), ''Inspired Journeys'' and over a dozen other anthologies.


Her novel ''The Paperbark Shoe'' won the [[List of AWP Award winners|Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Fiction]] in 2008 and was placed on the National Endowment for the Arts "Big Read" list in 2018. The novel won the Literary Novel of the Year from the ForeWord Magazine (Independent Publishers) in 2011. Goldie received a Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award<ref>{{cite web|last=Great Lakes College Association|title=Award for New Writers|url=http://glca.org/images/NWA_List_of_Winners_70-Current%201-16-13.pdf|accessdate=13 December 2017}}</ref> in 2010.In 2011, Goldbloom was the ''[[Chicago Reader]]''’s Jewish Writer of the Year.
Her novel ''The Paperbark Shoe'' won the [[List of AWP Award winners|Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Fiction]] in 2008<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2011 |title=Goldie Goldbloom Wins 2011 GLCA New Writers Award |url=https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_news_view/3016/goldie_goldbloom_wins_2011_glca_new_writers_award |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=[[Association of Writers & Writing Programs]] |language=en}}</ref> and was placed on the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] "Big Read" list in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-22 |title=#NEABigRead Library Expands with Six New Additions |url=https://www.arts.gov/news/press-releases/2018/neabigread-library-expands-six-new-additions |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=[[National Endowment for the Arts]] |language=en}}</ref> The novel won the Literary Novel of the Year from the ForeWord Magazine (Independent Publishers) in 2011. Goldie received a [[Great Lakes Colleges Association|Great Lakes College Association]] New Writers Award in 2010.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |last= |title=Winners of the GLCA New Writers Award |url=http://glca.org/images/NWA_List_of_Winners_70-Current%201-16-13.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042841/http://glca.org/images/NWA_List_of_Winners_70-Current%201-16-13.pdf |archive-date=Mar 5, 2016 |access-date=13 December 2017 |website=[[Great Lakes College Association]]}}</ref> In 2011, Goldbloom was the ''[[Chicago Reader]]''’s Jewish Writer of the Year.


In 2013, she spoke at the [https://www.villagillet.net/festivals/les-assises-internationales-du-roman-2019 International Forum on the Novel], run by Villa Gillet in [[Lyon|Lyon, France]], on the subject of "Portraits and Faces: Appearance and Disfigurement". Later the same year, she was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in [[Creative Writing]].<ref>{{cite web|last=National Endowment for the Arts|title=Fellowship in Creative Writing|url=http://arts.gov/sites/default/files/Creative-Writing-Fellows-12-11-13.pdf|accessdate=Dec 11, 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, she spoke at the International Forum on the Novel, run by Villa Gillet in [[Lyon|Lyon, France]], on the subject of "Portraits and Faces: Appearance and Disfigurement".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldbloom |first=Goldie |date=2013-07-18 |title=Goldie Goldbloom writes from Lyon |url=https://fremantlepress.com.au/2013/07/18/goldie-goldbloom-writes-from-lyon/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=[[Fremantle Press]] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 30, 2013 |title=Portraits and Faces: Appearance and Disfigurement - VILLA-GILLET // AIR // LES ASSISES INTERNATIONALES DU ROMAN 2012 |url=http://archives.villagillet.net/en/portal/international-forum-on-the-novel/detail/article/le-portrait-aujourdhui-entre-figuration-et-defiguration/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Villa Gillet}}</ref> Later the same year, she was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in [[Creative Writing]].<ref>{{cite web|last=National Endowment for the Arts|title=Fellowship in Creative Writing|url=http://arts.gov/sites/default/files/Creative-Writing-Fellows-12-11-13.pdf|access-date=Dec 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Faculty of the Master of Arts in Writing {{!}} Northwestern University School of Professional Studie: School of Professional Studies {{!}} Northwestern University|url=https://sps.northwestern.edu/masters/writing/faculty.php|access-date=2020-10-06|website=sps.northwestern.edu|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Creative Writing Fellows: Golda Goldbloom |url=https://www.arts.gov/impact/literary-arts/creative-writing-fellows/golda-goldbloom |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=[[National Endowment for the Arts]] |language=en}}</ref>


Her novel, ''Gwen'', was a finalist for the [[Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Croft |first=Tehani |date=2018-02-14 |title=2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement |url=https://aurealisawards.org/2018/02/15/2017-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=[[Aurealis Awards]] |language=en}}</ref> the [[Wheeler Centre|Small Press Network]]'s Most Underrated Book Award,<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2018-10-19 |title=Most Underrated Book Award 2018 shortlist announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/10/19/117696/most-underrated-book-award-2018-shortlist-announced/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=[[Books+Publishing]] |language=en-AU}}</ref> and the [[ALS Gold Medal|Australian Literary Society's Gold Medal]] in 2018.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=20 Mar 2018 |title=The ALS Gold Medal longlist 2018 |url=https://www.readings.com.au/news/the-als-gold-medal-longlist-2018 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Readings Books |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last= |date=21 March 2018 |title=ALS Gold Medal 2018 longlist announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/03/21/103959/als-gold-medal-2018-longlist-announced/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=[[Books+Publishing]] |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Her novel, ''Gwen'', was a finalist for the [[Aurealis Award|Aurealis Prize]] in fantasy fiction, the Most Underrated Book Award and the [[ALS Gold Medal|Australian Literary Society's Gold Medal]] in 2018.


Goldbloom received a Brown Foundation Fellowship at [https://www.mfah.org/fellowships/doramaarhouse/ Dora Maar House] in [[Ménerbes|Menerbes]], France in 2014 and won [[Hunger Mountain]]'s National Nonfiction Award in the same year. In 2016, the City of [[Chicago]] awarded her an Individual Artist Grant and in 2017, [[Yaddo]] and [[Ragdale]] selected her for artist's residencies.
Goldbloom received a Brown Foundation Fellowship at [[Dora Maar]] House in [[Ménerbes|Menerbes]], France, in 2014 and won ''[[Hunger Mountain]]'''s National Nonfiction Award in the same year. In 2016, the City of [[Chicago]] awarded her an Individual Artist Grant and in 2017, [[Yaddo]] and [[Ragdale]] selected her for [[Artist-in-residence|artist's residencies]].


Her third novel, ''On Division'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Goldbloom, Goldie|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1080553849|title=On division|date=17 September 2019|isbn=978-0-374-17531-3|edition=First|location=New York|oclc=1080553849}}</ref> was awarded the [[Association of Jewish Libraries]]' Book of the Year prize for 2020.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|title=AJL's 2020 Jewish Fiction Award|url=https://jewishlibraries.org/blog/2020FictionAwd|access-date=2020-09-21|website=jewishlibraries.org|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127054201/https://jewishlibraries.org/blog/2020FictionAwd|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was also chosen as the [[San Francisco]] One Bay One Book selection for 2019–20<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Herrick |first=Jenni |date=2019-11-05 |title=Novelist Goldie Goldbloom Explores Unbearable Secrets in 'On Division' |language=en-us |website=[[The Shepherd Express]] |url=https://shepherdexpress.com/enwiki/api/content/8b4812c8-0010-11ea-9df7-1244d5f7c7c6/ |access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Paull |first=Laura |date=2019-09-06 |title=This year's One Bay One Book pick is novel by Australian Hasidic author |url=https://jweekly.com/2019/09/06/this-years-one-bay-one-book-pick-is-novel-by-australian-hasidic-author/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and the 2020 [[Prix des libraires|Prix des Libraires]]. The novel was shortlisted for the 2021 [[Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize|Wingate Prize]].
Her third novel, ''On Division'', was awarded the [https://jewishlibraries.org/blog/2020FictionAwd Association of Jewish Libraries' Book of the Year] prize for 2020. It was also chosen as the [https://www.jewishlearningworks.org/one-bay-one-book/ San Francisco One Bay One Book] selection for 2019-20.


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
*''The Paperbark Shoe'' (2009, [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]; republished 2010, [[New Issues Poetry & Prose]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://us.macmillan.com/thepaperbarkshoe/GoldieGoldbloom |title=The Paperbark Shoe {{!}} Goldie Goldbloom {{!}} Macmillan |website=us.macmillan.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228132002/http://us.macmillan.com/thepaperbarkshoe/GoldieGoldbloom |archive-date=2011-12-28}}</ref>
*(2019) ''On Division''<ref>https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374720308(2017)</ref>
*''You Lose These and other stories'' (2011, [[Fremantle Press]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=You Lose These + other stories by Goldie Goldbloom |url=http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/1248 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308182720/http://fremantlepress.com.au/books/1248 |archive-date=2014-03-08 |access-date=2013-12-12 |website=Fremantle Press}}</ref>
*(2017) ''Gwen''<ref>https://www.fremantlepress.com.au/products/gwen</ref>
*(2011) ''You Lose These and other stories''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fremantlepress.com.au/books/1248 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308182720/http://fremantlepress.com.au/books/1248 |archive-date=2014-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''Gwen'' (2017, [[Fremantle Press]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gwen |url=https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/gwen/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Fremantle Press |language=en-AU}}</ref>
*(2009) ''The Paperbark Shoe'' (novel) – winner of the AWP Novel Award<ref>[http://us.macmillan.com/thepaperbarkshoe/GoldieGoldbloom]</ref>
*''On Division'' (2019, [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=On Division|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374720308|access-date=2021-04-29}}</ref>


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
*(1981) [https://www.jpost.com/ Jerusalem Post] International Fiction Prize
*(1981) ''[[The Jerusalem Post|Jerusalem Post]]'' International Fiction Prize
*(2008) [https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_previous_winners/2008 AWP Novel Award], ''The Paperbark Shoe''
*(2008) [[Association of Writers & Writing Programs|AWP]] Novel Award, ''The Paperbark Shoe<ref name=":2" />''
*(2011) [https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_news_view/3016/goldie_goldbloom_wins_2011_glca_new_writers_award Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award], ''The Paperbark Shoe''
*(2011) [[Great Lakes Colleges Association|Great Lakes College Association]] New Writers Award, ''The Paperbark Shoe''<ref name=":3" />
*(2011) [https://www.fictiondb.com/author/goldie-goldbloom~toads-museum-of-freaks-and-wonders~343442~b.htm IndieFab Novel of the Year], ''The Paperbark Shoe''
*(2011) IndieFab Novel of the Year, ''The Paperbark Shoe''<ref>{{Cite web |date=Feb 2010 |title=Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders by Goldie Goldbloom |url=https://www.fictiondb.com/title/toads-museum-of-freaks-and-wonders~goldie-goldbloom~343442.htm |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=FictionDB |language=en}}</ref>
*(2014) [https://hungermtn.org/the-chevra/ Hunger Mountain Nonfiction Award], "The Chevra"
*(2014) ''[[Hunger Mountain]]'' Nonfiction Award, "The Chevra"
*(2014) [https://www.arts.gov/nea-literature-fellowships/golda-goldbloom National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship]
*(2014) [[National Endowment for the Arts]] Fellowship<ref name=":4" />
*(2015) [https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/best-australian-stories-2015 Best Australian Short Story], "The Pilgrim's Way"
*(2015) [[Schwartz Publishing|Black Inc]] Best Australian Short Story, "The Pilgrim's Way"<ref name=":1" />
*(2018) [https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/10/19/117696/most-underrated-book-award-2018-shortlist-announced/ Most Underrated Book Award (shortlist)], ''Gwen''
*(2018) [[Wheeler Centre|Small Press Network]] Most Underrated Book Award (shortlist), ''Gwen''<ref name=":6" />
*(2018) [https://aurealisawards.org/2018/02/15/2017-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/ Aurealis Prize in Fantasy Fiction] (shortlist), ''Gwen''
*(2018) [[Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel]] (shortlist), ''Gwen''<ref name=":5" />
*(2018) [https://www.readings.com.au/collection/als-gold-medal-longlist-2018 Australian Literary Society Gold Medal] (longlist),''Gwen''
*(2018) [[ALS Gold Medal]] (longlist),''Gwen''<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />
*(2018) [https://www.arts.gov/news/2018/neabigread-library-expands-six-new-additions National Endowment for the Arts "Big Read" list], ''The Paperbark Shoe''
*(2018) [[National Endowment for the Arts]] "Big Read" list, ''The Paperbark Shoe''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-22 |title=#NEABigRead Library Expands with Six New Additions |url=https://www.arts.gov/news/press-releases/2018/neabigread-library-expands-six-new-additions |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=[[National Endowment for the Arts]] |language=en}}</ref>
*(2019) [https://www.jweekly.com/2019/09/06/this-years-one-bay-one-book-pick-is-novel-by-australian-hasidic-author/ San Francisco One Bay One Book] selection, 2019-2020, ''On Division''
*(2019) [[San Francisco]] One Bay One Book selection, 2019–2020, ''On Division''<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
*(2020) [https://jewishlibraries.org/blog/2020FictionAwd], "On Division"
*(2020) [[Association of Jewish Libraries]] Book of the Year, ''On Division<ref name=":9" />''
*(2021) [[Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize|Wingate Prize]] (Shortlist), ''On Division''
*(2021) Laureat du [[Prix des libraires|Prix des Libraires]], ''On Division''


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==


*{{Official website|www.goldiegoldbloom.com}}
*{{Official website|www.goldiegoldbloom.com}}
*''Washington Post'' Review of ''The Paperbark Shoe'' (2011) https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-05-25/entertainment/35232258_1_love-story-life-story-world-war-ii.
*''Washington Post'' Review of ''The Paperbark Shoe'' (2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20131216150439/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-05-25/entertainment/35232258_1_love-story-life-story-world-war-ii].
*''Chicago Tribune'' Interview with Goldie Goldbloom (2011) http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-0430-goldie-goldbloom-20110429,0,474752.story
*''Chicago Tribune'' Interview with Goldie Goldbloom (2011) http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-0430-goldie-goldbloom-20110429,0,474752.story
* ABC Radio Australia Interview with Goldbloom (2017) http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/gwen:-a-fictional-biography-of-gwen-john/8486964
* ABC Radio Australia Interview with Goldbloom (2017) http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/gwen:-a-fictional-biography-of-gwen-john/8486964
* "The Hairpin" Interview about LGBT Jews in the Orthodox community (2014) https://www.thehairpin.com/2014/12/love-your-neighbor-an-interview-with-goldie-goldbloom/
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820170917/https://www.thehairpin.com/2014/12/love-your-neighbor-an-interview-with-goldie-goldbloom/|date=August 20, 2023|title=Love Your Neighbor: An Interview with Goldie Goldbloom}}
* NEA Interview with Goldie Goldbloom (2018) https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2018/nea-big-read-author-goldie-goldbloom-bullying-writing-bathtub-and-books
* NEA Interview with Goldie Goldbloom (2018) https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2018/nea-big-read-author-goldie-goldbloom-bullying-writing-bathtub-and-books
*''The Economist'' interview (2019) https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/09/26/the-strictures-and-allure-of-ultra-orthodox-life
*''The Economist'' interview (2019) https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/09/26/the-strictures-and-allure-of-ultra-orthodox-life

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Goldie Goldbloom (born 1964) is an Australian Hasidic novelist, essayist and short story writer. She is an LGBT activist and a former board member of Eshel.

Early life and education

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Goldbloom was born in Perth, Western Australia. She is a graduate of theological seminaries in Australia and the United States, and earned an MFA in creative writing from Warren Wilson College. She is a member of the Lubavitch hasidic community.[1] Goldbloom is the mother of eight children. Her grandmother was the West Australian writer Dorrit Hunt, who was made a Life Member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1988.[2]

Career

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Goldbloom began writing fiction seriously in her forties, after the birth of her eight children, and in 2011, received the Simon Blattner Fellowship in Creative Writing and World Literature from Northwestern University, following the publication of her novel, The Paperbark Shoe.[3] She then began teaching at Northwestern University[3] and the University of Chicago. Goldbloom's work has been published in Ploughshares, The Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Narrative, Le Monde and StoryQuarterly, among other places. In 2015, her story "The Pilgrim's Way" was included in Black Inc Book's collection The Best Australian Short Stories 2015, edited by Amanda Lohrey.[4] She was an early contributor to G-dcast,[5] and has written for NPR. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have been selected for Keep Your Wives Away From Them (Golden Crown Literary Award, 2011), Inspired Journeys and over a dozen other anthologies.

Her novel The Paperbark Shoe won the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Fiction in 2008[6] and was placed on the National Endowment for the Arts "Big Read" list in 2018.[7] The novel won the Literary Novel of the Year from the ForeWord Magazine (Independent Publishers) in 2011. Goldie received a Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award in 2010.[8] In 2011, Goldbloom was the Chicago Reader’s Jewish Writer of the Year.

In 2013, she spoke at the International Forum on the Novel, run by Villa Gillet in Lyon, France, on the subject of "Portraits and Faces: Appearance and Disfigurement".[9][10] Later the same year, she was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing.[11][12][13]

Her novel, Gwen, was a finalist for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel,[14] the Small Press Network's Most Underrated Book Award,[15] and the Australian Literary Society's Gold Medal in 2018.[16][17]

Goldbloom received a Brown Foundation Fellowship at Dora Maar House in Menerbes, France, in 2014 and won Hunger Mountain's National Nonfiction Award in the same year. In 2016, the City of Chicago awarded her an Individual Artist Grant and in 2017, Yaddo and Ragdale selected her for artist's residencies.

Her third novel, On Division,[18] was awarded the Association of Jewish Libraries' Book of the Year prize for 2020.[19] It was also chosen as the San Francisco One Bay One Book selection for 2019–20[20][21] and the 2020 Prix des Libraires. The novel was shortlisted for the 2021 Wingate Prize.

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References

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  1. ^ Ludwig, Jerome (7 April 2011). "Goldie Goldbloom: Paperbark Writer". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Honorary Life Members". Fellowship of Australian Writers. Archived from the original on 19 August 2003. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Golda Goldbloom". NEA. 30 May 2018. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b Lohrey, Amanda, ed. (26 June 2015). The Best Australian Stories 2015. Black Inc Books. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  5. ^ "VIDEO: Weekly Torah Portion: A Wife for Isaac". Israel365. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Goldie Goldbloom Wins 2011 GLCA New Writers Award". Association of Writers & Writing Programs. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  7. ^ "#NEABigRead Library Expands with Six New Additions". National Endowment for the Arts. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Winners of the GLCA New Writers Award" (PDF). Great Lakes College Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ^ Goldbloom, Goldie (18 July 2013). "Goldie Goldbloom writes from Lyon". Fremantle Press. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Portraits and Faces: Appearance and Disfigurement - VILLA-GILLET // AIR // LES ASSISES INTERNATIONALES DU ROMAN 2012". Villa Gillet. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  11. ^ National Endowment for the Arts. "Fellowship in Creative Writing" (PDF). Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Faculty of the Master of Arts in Writing | Northwestern University School of Professional Studie: School of Professional Studies | Northwestern University". sps.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Meet the Creative Writing Fellows: Golda Goldbloom". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  14. ^ a b Croft, Tehani (14 February 2018). "2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement". Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  15. ^ a b Staff (19 October 2018). "Most Underrated Book Award 2018 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  16. ^ a b "The ALS Gold Medal longlist 2018". Readings Books. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  17. ^ a b "ALS Gold Medal 2018 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  18. ^ Goldbloom, Goldie (17 September 2019). On division (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-374-17531-3. OCLC 1080553849.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ^ a b "AJL's 2020 Jewish Fiction Award". jewishlibraries.org. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  20. ^ a b Herrick, Jenni (5 November 2019). "Novelist Goldie Goldbloom Explores Unbearable Secrets in 'On Division'". The Shepherd Express. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  21. ^ a b Paull, Laura (6 September 2019). "This year's One Bay One Book pick is novel by Australian Hasidic author". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  22. ^ "The Paperbark Shoe | Goldie Goldbloom | Macmillan". us.macmillan.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011.
  23. ^ "You Lose These + other stories by Goldie Goldbloom". Fremantle Press. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  24. ^ "Gwen". Fremantle Press. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  25. ^ "On Division". Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  26. ^ "Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders by Goldie Goldbloom". FictionDB. February 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  27. ^ "#NEABigRead Library Expands with Six New Additions". National Endowment for the Arts. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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