author

Andrew Fetler

1925–2017

Born in Latvia and later based in the United States, this novelist and short-story writer drew on displacement, memory, and history to create fiction with unusual emotional reach. He also spent many years teaching English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

3 Audiobooks

Cry Snooker

Cry Snooker

by Andrew Fetler

The Cool War

The Cool War

by Andrew Fetler

This Way to the Egress

This Way to the Egress

by Andrew Fetler

About the author

Born in 1925, Andrew Fetler became known as a Latvian-born American novelist and short-story writer. His work often reflects the perspective of someone shaped by movement between countries and cultures, giving his fiction a strong sense of place as well as uprootedness.

Alongside his writing life, he taught English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he became Professor Emeritus. He was also recognized for his short fiction with two O. Henry awards.

Fetler died in 2017. Even from the brief record available online, he stands out as a writer whose career joined literary craft, teaching, and a deep awareness of exile and identity.