Stuart Dybek (born April 10, 1942) is an American writer of fiction and poetry.
[3] Often compared to Saul Bellow and Theodore Dreiser for his unique portrayal of setting and landscapes, Dybek is "among the first writers of Polish descent (who write about the ethnic self) to receive national recognition.
"[4] After teaching for more than 30 years at Western Michigan University, where he remains an adjunct professor of English and a member of the permanent faculty of the Prague Summer Program, Dybek became the Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern University where he teaches at the School of Professional Studies.
Dybek's two collections of poems are Brass Knuckles (1979) and Streets in Their Own Ink (2004).
His fiction includes Childhood and Other Neighborhoods, The Coast of Chicago, I Sailed With Magellan, a novel-in-stories, Paper Lantern: Love Stories, and Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories.