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Gender Female
Industry Arts
Occupation novelist/translator
Location west palm beach, florida, United States
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Introduction TSIPI KELLER's short fiction and poetry translations have appeared in various journals and anthologies. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and of a CAPS and NYFA awards in fiction. Her translation of Dan Pagis's posthumous collection, Last Poems, was published by The Quarterly Review of Literature (1993), and her translation of Irit Katzir's posthumous collection, And I Wrote Poems, was published by Carmel, Israel (2000). Her novels, The Prophet of Tenth Street (1995) and Leverage (1997) were translated into Hebrew and published by Sifriat Poalim, Israel. Her latest novel, Jackpot, was published by Spuyten Duyvil (NYC, 2004)
Interests books, music, people, and, as of late (after my move to West Palm Beach 12/04) birds, trees, and any outdoor manifestation of living things.
Favorite Movies Gone with the Wind, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid, Clockwork Orange, Midnight Express, Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould, and all of Fellini, Bergman, Bunuel, Rhomer.
Favorite Music My tastes are non-discriminatory, all-encompassing.
Favorite Books Two Serious Ladies, The Tortoises, The Awakening, Good Morning Midnight, Tender Buttons, all of Flannery O'Connor, all of William Faulkner, Wonderful Wonderful Times, all of Samuel Beckett, The Tenants, all of Thomas Bernhard, Life: A User's Manual, The Book of Disquietude, Do You Hear Them, Life with a Star, Splendide Hotel, Defying Hitler, The Life of Henry Bruvard, The Aunt's Story, Mr. Palomar, Prof. Pnin

If you were a wrestler, what would be your finishing move?

A bow