Creator Bio
Gary Shteyngart
b. 1972
Born in Leningrad and now living in the United States, Gary Shteyngart is a novelist whose often satiric works portray the immigrant experience. Shteyngart has taught writing at Hunter College and Columbia University. He received the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
Primary Source
The Russian Debutante’s Handbook
“Dearest Volodechka!” Mother shouted. “Happy birthday…! Happy new beginning…! Your father and I wish you a brilliant future…! Much success…! You’re a talented young man…! The economy’s improving…! We…