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Kate Simonian Kate Simonian i(A142232 works by) (a.k.a. Kate Osana Simonian)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Armenian
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BiographyHistory

Kate Simonian completed a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at UTS in 2012. In September 2012, she began a Fiction MFA in the United States. Subsequently, she enrolled in the English PhD program at Texas Tech as a Presidential Fellow, where she was completing her degree as at 2018.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2019 shortlisted The Woollahra Digital Literary Award Non-fiction for 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Stalker'.
2017 shortlisted Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers

For 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Stalker'.

Awards for Works

Monstrous Beings Through Time 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Ninth Letter [Web Edition] , Summer 2017;
2018 shortlisted The Woollahra Digital Literary Award Flash and Short Fiction
Le Problem Being 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: The Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2017;

'"Le Problem Being" opens with Tracey, who has just been diagnosed with HIV, dumped by her fiancé, and fired from her firm. Fearing her descent into depression, her parents take her to France, where their amorous marriage and the romance of the continent depress Tracey further. When her parents meet another Australian couple traveling with their adult son, they set Tracey up with him, despite her medical condition.'

Source: Chicago Tribune.

2018 shortlisted The Woollahra Digital Literary Award Fiction
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