Ruth Ozeki
Author of A Tale for the Time Being
About the Author
Ruth Ozeki received degrees in English literature and Asian studies from Smith College. She is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. Her first novel, My Year of Meats, was published in 1998. Her other novels include All Over Creation and A Tale for the Time-Being, which was shortlisted show more for the Man Booker Prize. Her documentary and dramatic independent films, including Body of Correspondence and Halving the Bones, have been shown on PBS and at the Sundance Film Festival. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Ruth Ozeki
Body of correspondence 1 copy
Ozeki, Ruth Archive 1 copy
Associated Works
Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction (2004) — Contributor — 88 copies
Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women (2008) — Foreword, some editions — 71 copies
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes (2016) — Contributor — 17 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Ozeki, Ruth Lounsbury
- Other names
- Ozeki, Ruth
- Birthdate
- 1956-03-12
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
Canada - Country (for map)
- Canada
- Birthplace
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
New York, New York, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cortez Island, British Columbia, Canada - Education
- Smith College (English and Asian Studies)
Nara University (classical Japanese literature) - Occupations
- Zen priest
film director
Instructor (Kyoto Sangyo University ∙ English)
art director
novelist - Relationships
- Kellhammer, Oliver (husband)
- Organizations
- Everyday Zen (website)
Members
Discussions
2013 Booker longlist: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki in Booker Prize (October 2015)
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Buddhism (1)
Favourite Books (1)
Wishlist (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 11
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 8,104
- Popularity
- #2,990
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 364
- ISBNs
- 161
- Languages
- 18
- Favorited
- 13
- Touchstones
- 495