Age, Biography and Wiki
Rivka Galchen was born on 19 April, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian-American writer (born 1976). Discover Rivka Galchen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?
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Writer |
| Age |
47 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
19 April 1976 |
| Birthday |
19 April |
| Birthplace |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality |
American
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Rivka Galchen Height, Weight & Measurements
At 47 years old, Rivka Galchen height not available right now. We will update Rivka Galchen's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Rivka Galchen Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Rivka Galchen worth at the age of 47 years old? Rivka Galchen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. She is from American. We have estimated Rivka Galchen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Rivka Galchen (born April 19, 1976) is a Canadian-American writer.
Galchen received her M.D. from Mount Sinai in 2003.
After medical school, she earned a MFA in 2006 from Columbia University, where she was a Robert Bingham fellow.
In 2006, Galchen received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award for women writers.
Her first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, was published in 2008 and was awarded the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.
She is the author of five books and a contributor of journalism and essays to The New Yorker magazine.
Galchen was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Israeli academics.
When she was in preschool, her parents relocated to the United States.
She grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, where her father, Tzvi Gal-chen, was a professor of meteorology at the University of Oklahoma and her mother was a computer programmer at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.
Her first novel, Atmospheric Disturbances, was published in May 2008.
The novel was a finalist for the Mercantile Library's 2008 John Sargent, Sr., First Novel Prize, the Canadian Writers' Trust's 2008 Fiction Prize, and the 2008 Governor General's Award.
Galchen teaches writing at Columbia University.
In 2010, The New Yorker chose her as one of its "20 Under 40".
Galchen served as the Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fiction Fellow for the Spring 2011 term at the American Academy in Berlin.
Galchen's short-story collection American Innovations was published in 2014.
It was longlisted for the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize and received the Danuta Gleed Literary Award.
Each story is based on a well-known short story by another author, but switches the narrator from male to female and changes other elements.
In 2015, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
In 2016, Galchen published Little Labors, a book of essays about motherhood.
In 2021, Galchen published her second novel, Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch.
The novel was shortlisted for the 2021 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
Galchen writes for several national magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and The New York Times Magazine.
She contributes criticism and essays to The London Review of Books.
