Patricia Hampl

author

American b. 12 March 1946, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States^[1] active 1978–present

Patricia Hampl is an American memoirist, writer, lecturer, and educator. She is a Regents Professor and McKnight Distinguished Professor at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches in the MFA program. Her work often explores themes of family, Czech heritage, spirituality, and the wonder of the ordinary through detailed prose.^[1]

memoir
Czech heritage
spirituality
autobiographical writing

Books

Sleeping by the Mississippi
Alec Soth

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Works by Patricia Hampl

1978 Woman Before an Aquarium book · English
1981 A Romantic Education book · English
1983 Resort and Other Poems book · English
1987 Spillville book · English With Steven Sorman.
1992 Virgin Time: In Search of the Contemplative Life book · English
1999 Memory and Imagination book · English
2006 Blue Arabesque: A Search for the Sublime book · English
2007 The Florist's Daughter: A Memoir book · English
2018 The Art of the Wasted Day book · English

Awards

2008 Minnesota Book Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction

References

Patricia Hampl. Minnesota Writers on the Map. 2020 link