Molly Brodak

Molly Brodak (Maris 29, 1980 - Maris 8, 2020) mawaƙiya ce 'yar Amurka, marubuciya, kuma mai yin burodi. Ita ce mawallafin tarin waƙoƙin A Little Middle of the Night ( Jami'ar Iowa Press, 2010) da kuma tarihin Bandit ( Grove Press, 2016).  Jaridar Atlanta Journal-Constitution ta bayyana Bandit a matsayin: "littafi game da labarai da hali, na yadda abubuwan da suka faru da ayyuka ke siffanta mu, yadda uba ya zama mutum ɗaya, yadda 'ya mace ta girma ta zama wani."  Jaridar New York Times ta kira Bandit "littafi mai kyau, kuma tare da kyakkyawan dalili,"  yayin da Kirkus ya kira shi: "littafi mai hankali, mai tayar da hankali, kuma mai gaskiya sosai." 

 Sana'a 
A cikin wani shiri a shirin NPR mai suna All Things Considered, Brodak ta bayyana tsarin ɗabi'a na batun Bandit, wanda ya yi cikakken bayani game da abin da ya faru a matsayinta na 'yar wani mai fashi da makami da yawa a Detroit, Michigan: "Kowace iyali tana da duhu da nauyi da mutane ba za su so su yi magana a kai ba. Kuma lokacin da ka zaɓi zama mutumin da zai bayyana sirrin iyali, wani lokacin ana iya ɗaukarka a matsayin mai cin amana. "  Wani ɓangare daga Bandit ya bayyana a cikin Mafi Kyawun Karatu na Amurka na Ba a Bukata ba 2016.  A cikin 2018, ta sami tallafin karatu na NEA don rubuta wakoki. 

Waƙoƙin Brodak sun bayyana sosai, ciki har da a cikin Granta, Poetry, Fence, Map Literary, NY Tyrant, Diode, New Orleans Review, Ninth Letter, Colorado Review, Bateau, da Hayden's Ferry Review. Waƙarta Yesu ta zaburar da waƙar I WHO BEND THE TALL Cases ta Lingua Ignota .  

Tarin waƙoƙinta, The Cipher, ya lashe kyautar Pleiades Press Editors Prize ta 2019, kuma an buga shi a shekarar 2020. 

Brodak ita ce kuma ta kafa Kookie House, wani shafin yanar gizo na yin burodi game da kukis da kek na musamman.  A shekarar 2017, ta fito a matsayin wacce ta yi nasara a gasar Great American Baking Show . 

 Mutuwa 
Brodak ta mutu a ranar 8 ga Maris, 2020.  A cewar jaridar The New York Times, mijinta, Blake Butler, ya bayyana musabbabin mutuwar a matsayin kashe kanta da bindiga. Ta sha fama da damuwa tun tana karama. 

A shekarar 2023, Butler ya buga wani tarihin rayuwarsa, mai suna Molly, wanda ya yi cikakken bayani game da dangantakarsa da Brodak har zuwa rasuwarta.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutattun 2020
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1980