Schutt, Christine

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Christine Schutt taught English and Creative Writing at Nightingale from 1984 until her retirement in June 2014. She also served as a faculty advisor to the Upper School's literary magazine, Philomel. Ms. Schutt also taught writing at several colleges and universities. She received her BA and MA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and her MFA from Columbia University.

In addition to teaching, Ms. Schutt is a published writer of novels and short stories and has received several writing awards. Among them, her novel Florida was a finalist for the 2004 National Book Award for Fiction and her second novel, All Souls, was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in fiction.

In recognition and celebration of Ms. Schutt's enormous contributions to the Nightingale community, an endowed fund was established to support the Christine Schutt Creative Writing Program, to bring visiting writers to Nightingale to work directly with students.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Photograph of Werner Feig with Christine Schutt on Field Day, 1998

Item — Box: 01133

Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0731

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...

Dates: 1998

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG004 Faculty and Staff Records / S03 Photographs

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Subject: Field Day X