Difference between revisions of "Felice Picano"
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==Birth - Death== | ==Birth - Death== | ||
| − | 1944 - | + | 1944 - 2025 |
==Occupation== | ==Occupation== | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Novelist and poet. Co-founded the LGBTQ literary group 'Violet Quill'. Author of multiple best selling novels, including 'Justify My Sins: A Hollywood Novel in Three Acts' (2019), 'Like People in History' (1995), 'The New York Years: Stories' (2000), 'The Book of Lies' (2000), and ' | + | Novelist and poet. Co-founded the LGBTQ literary group 'Violet Quill'. Author of multiple best selling novels, including 'Justify My Sins: A Hollywood Novel in Three Acts' (2019), 'Like People in History' (1995), 'The New York Years: Stories' (2000), 'The Book of Lies' (2000), and 'True Stories' (2007), amongst many others. Founder of SeaHorse Press and co-founder of The Gay Presses of New York. Finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was nominated for five Lambda Literary Awards. Received the Lambda Literary Foundation's Pioneer Award (2010). |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[The Violet Quill Author's Group]] | * [[The Violet Quill Author's Group]] | ||
| + | * [[Founders of LGBTQ Book Publishers]] | ||
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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* https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26766.Felice_Picano | * https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26766.Felice_Picano | ||
* https://www.huffpost.com/author/felice-picano | * https://www.huffpost.com/author/felice-picano | ||
| + | * https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/books/felice-picano-dead.html | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:08, 16 March 2025
Contents
[hide]Country
United States
Birth - Death
1944 - 2025
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Lambda Literary Award
Description
Novelist and poet. Co-founded the LGBTQ literary group 'Violet Quill'. Author of multiple best selling novels, including 'Justify My Sins: A Hollywood Novel in Three Acts' (2019), 'Like People in History' (1995), 'The New York Years: Stories' (2000), 'The Book of Lies' (2000), and 'True Stories' (2007), amongst many others. Founder of SeaHorse Press and co-founder of The Gay Presses of New York. Finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and was nominated for five Lambda Literary Awards. Received the Lambda Literary Foundation's Pioneer Award (2010).
