Bank, Melissa

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
בנק, מליסה
Name (Latin)
Bank, Melissa
Other forms of name
בענעק, מליסה
Date of birth
1960-10-11
Date of death
2022-08-02
Field of activity
American fiction
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 100082804
Wikidata: Q6812633
Library of congress: n 98092374
Sources of Information
  • The palace at 4 a.m., 1988:t.p. (Melissa Susan Bank; Thesis (M.F.A.)--Cornell Univ., Jan., 1988)
  • Washington post WWW site, viewed Aug. 8, 2022(in obituary dated Aug. 5, 2022: Melissa Bank, who brought an acerbic sense of humor, a minimalist prose style and a discerning eye for human behavior to her literary explorations of love, loss and family, notably in the best-selling story collection "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing," died Aug. 2 at her home in East Hampton, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 61. Melissa Susan Bank was born in Boston on Oct. 11, 1960. She also had a home in Manhattan)
  • The girls' guide to hunting and fishing, 1999:CIP t.p. (Melissa Banks) book t.p. (Melissa Bank)

Wikipedia description:

Melissa Susan Bank (October 11, 1960 – August 2, 2022) was an American author. She published two books—The Wonder Spot, a volume of short stories, and The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing—and won the 1993 Nelson Algren Award for short fiction. She taught at Stony Brook University.

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