Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2000) Winner
Daniel Adam Mendelsohn
ダニエル・アダム・メンデルソーン
Danieru Adamu Mendelsohn
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-01-01 （New York City）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Greek, French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Long Island, Old Bethpage, New York → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Essayist, Critic, Columnist, Translator, Professor
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Bard College, New York Review of Books, Robert B. Silvers Foundation
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Virginia | Classics | Classics | BA | 1978-1982 | United States |
| Princeton University | Classics | Classics | MA, PhD | 1986-1994 | United States |
University of Virginia
Classics
/ Classics
Degree:
BA
Period:
1978-1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
United States
Echols Scholar, graduated summa cum laude
Princeton University
Classics
/ Classics
Degree:
MA, PhD
Period:
1986-1994
Year of Graduation:
1994
Country:
United States
Dissertation on Euripidean tragedy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | American Academy of Arts and Letters Harold D. Vursell Memorial Prize for Prose Style | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 2006 | National Book Critics Circle Award | The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million | Memoir/Autobiography | National Book Critics Circle | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Prix Méditerranée | An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic | Étranger | — | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Premio Malaparte | — | — | — | 受賞 |
American Academy of Arts and Letters Harold D. Vursell Memorial Prize for Prose Style
2014
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
National Book Critics Circle Award
2006
Work:
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
Category:
Memoir/Autobiography
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
受賞
Prix Méditerranée
2018
Work:
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Category:
Étranger
Result:
受賞
Premio Malaparte
2022
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Sophie Brody Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2007) Winner
Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
2006 MemoirA search for relatives lost in the Holocaust
HolocaustJudaismFamily history
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
2017 MemoirMemoir intertwining father's enrollment in son's Odyssey seminar
Father-son relationshipsClassicsIdentity
Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate
2020 Non-fictionA tale of exile, narrative, and fate
ExileNarrativeFate
C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
2009 Poetry translationTranslation of Cavafy's poems
Greek poetry
Bibliography
- The Elusive Embrace: Desire and the Riddle of Identity (1999)
- Gender and the City in Euripides' Political Plays (2002)
- The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (2006)
- How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken (2008)
- C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems (2009)
- Waiting for the Barbarians (2012)
- An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic (2017)
- Ecstasy and Terror: From the Greeks to Game of Thrones (2019)
- Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate (2020)
- Homer: The Odyssey (translated) (2025)
Translations by Author
- Translations of C. P. Cavafy's poems
- Translation of Homer's Odyssey
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Elegant prose styleCritical insightMemoiristic elements
- Recurring Motifs
- ClassicsFamily and identityHolocaust and Jewish experience
Legacy
Renowned for blending classics with contemporary culture, recipient of numerous literary awards.
Trivia
- Openly gay
- One of five siblings
- Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities at Bard College