Ozick, Cynthia

1928 - Cynthia Ozick, born on the 17th of April in New York City. She is an American writer, the daughter of William Ozick and Celia Regelson.

1949 - She earned her B.A. from New York University.

1950 - Went on to study English Literature at Ohio State University, where she completed an M.A.

1986 - She was selected as the first winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story.

2004 - Her most recent novel, Heir to the Glimmering World, called The Bear Boy in the United Kingdom, has received much praise in the literary press.

2005 - She was on the shortlist for the Man Booker International Prize.

2007 - She writes criticism about American Letters by Georgetown University.