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Gerald David Shapiro (August 23, 1950 – October 15, 2011) was an American writer who had published three prize-winning books and was Cather Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. He was also a reader for Prairie Schooner.
Oct 15, 2011 · Gerald Shapiro was Cather Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. His work focused on creative writing and Jewish American fiction. He collaborated with actor and director Peter Riegert who directed and starred in the 2005 movie King of the Corner, based on Shapiro's book Bad Jews and Other Stories.
Oct 18, 2011 · Gerald "Gerry" Shapiro, 61, taught fiction writing, 20th century fiction and Jewish-American fiction after coming to UNL in 1987. Shapiro's unexpected death shocked many of his colleagues and former students, who remember his generosity, intellect and comedic sense of humor.
Oct 17, 2011 · Gerald Shapiro, Cather professor of English, died unexpectedly Oct. 15 in Lincoln at age 61. Services are pending. Known nationally as a compiler of Jewish fiction and an author of several books including "Bad Jews and Other Stories" (1999 Zoland) and "Little Men" (2004 Ohio State University Press), Shapiro's writing and anthologies earned ...
May 5, 2015 · Read the full story. Author Judith Slater remembers how her husband, the late professor and novelist Gerald Shapiro, had unlikely success in transferring his passion for Jewish literature to students in Nebraska.
Gerald Shapiro (1950–2011) was a professor of English at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of From Hunger: Stories, editor of American Jewish Fiction: A Century of Stories (Nebraska 1998), and winner of the Ohio State University Short Fiction Prize for a collection of novellas and stories titled Little Men.
Gerald Shapiro (August 1950 - October 2011) was an American writer who published three prize-winning books and was Cather Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. He was also a reader for Prairie Schooner.
