(1942-06-28) June 28, 1942 (age 82) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation
Writer
Nationality
American
Education
Birmingham–Southern College Iowa Writers' Workshop (MA, PhD)
Parents
Marvin Luther Jeter Flora Lee (Sims) Jeter
Sena Jeter Naslund (born June 28, 1942) is an American writer. She has published seven novels and two collections of short fiction. Her 1999 novel, Ahab's Wife, and her 2003 novel, Four Spirits, were each named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.[1][2] She is the Writer in Residence at University of Louisville[3] and the program director for the MFA in Writing at Spalding University in the same city.[4] In 2005, Governor Ernie Fletcher named Naslund Poet Laureate of Kentucky.[5][6]
^"Notable Books 1999". New York Times. December 5, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
^"Notable Books 2003". New York Times. December 7, 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
^"Faculty Page". Department of English. University of Louisville. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
^"Letter". MFA. Spalding University. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
^Dixon, Rob (August 18, 2011). "Sena Jeter Naslund". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
^Runyon, Keith (February 18, 2005). "Louisvillean named state's poet laureate". Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky: Gannett. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
SenaJeterNaslund (born June 28, 1942) is an American writer. She has published seven novels and two collections of short fiction. Her 1999 novel, Ahab's...
Portland Bill (1983 TV Series by FilmFair) Ahab's Wife (1999 novel by SenaJeterNaslund) Aquaman (2018 film by James Wan) Big Joys, Small Sorrows (1986 film...
1998 — Albert Murray 1999 — Madison Jones 2000 — Helen Norris 2001 — SenaJeterNaslund 2002 — Mary Ward Brown 2003 — Rodney Jones 2004 — Sonia Sanchez 2005...
(1999–2000) James Baker Hall (2001–2002) Joe Survant (2003–2004) SenaJeterNaslund (2005–2006) Jane Gentry Vance (2007–2008) Gurney Norman (2009–2010)...
winners include Charles Baxter, Paul Bowles, Susan Dodd, Clark Blaise, SenaJeterNaslund, Rebecca Makkai, Alice Mattison, and Lynne Sharon Schwartz. The prize...
Reynolds Price alongside Kentuckians Wendell Berry, James Still, and SenaJeterNaslund. The journal also nurtured the work of less established, home-grown...
1996 – via Gale Academic OneFile. Smith, Starr E. (August 2003). "Naslund, SenaJeter. Four Spirits". Library Journal. 128 – via Gale Academic OneFile...
Antoinette. Irvine, Scotland: Isaac MacDonald. ISBN 978-0-9559991-0-9. Naslund, SenaJeter (2006). Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette. New York: William...
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