Amy Hempel

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Best_American_Short_Stories_2000
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:University
gptkb:University_of_Arizona
gptkbp:art_movement gptkb:church
Contemporary literature
gptkbp:associated_act Literary fiction
Short fiction
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Award
gptkb:award
gptkb:Pushcart_Prize
gptkb:O._Henry_Award
Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts
gptkbp:birth_date 1942-12-14
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:editor gptkb:The_Best_American_Short_Stories
gptkb:The_Best_American_Essays
gptkbp:first_published gptkb:The_New_Yorker
Today Will Be a Quiet Day
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Author
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Amy Hempel
gptkbp:influenced Contemporary American literature
Short story writers
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Flannery_O'_Connor
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:Raymond_Carver
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Paris_Review
gptkbp:notable_work Reasons to Live
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Dog of the Marriage
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Author
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Borough
gptkbp:spouse Peter Hempel
gptkbp:style gptkb:Minimalism
Short stories
gptkbp:website http://www.amyhempel.com
gptkbp:wrote Exploration of existential themes
Use of irony
Exploration of human relationships
Themes of loss and grief