Ottessa Moshfegh is the author of works of fiction including the novella McGlue and the award-winning debut novel Eileen, which was shortlisted for the NBCC award and was turned into a 2023 film. While in residence, Moshfegh worked on her second novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation. She was born in Boston.
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
Ottessa Moshfegh
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
Region: Stoughton, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2016
Studios
Calderwood
Ottessa Moshfegh worked in the Calderwood studio.
In the winter of 1998, motivated by his passion for reading, Stanford Calderwood donated funds for a new writers’ studio. Burr-McCallum Architects of Williamstown, MA, provided the award-winning design in 1999; and the construction of the handsome studio was completed in time for its first artist to arrive early in 2000. With a series of double-hung casement…