Whiting Awards
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Edition 8 (1992) Winner
Eva Hoffman
エヴァ・ホフマン
Eva Hoffman
Aliases:
Ewa Wydra
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1945-07-01 （Kraków）
- Nationality
- Polish, American
- Languages
- Polish, English
- Residence History
- Kraków, Poland → Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada → London, UK
Career
- Occupations
- writer, professor of literature, professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- Columbia University, University of Minnesota, Tufts University, MIT, Hunter College (CUNY), Institute for Advanced Studies at University College London
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice University | — | English literature | — | — | United States |
| Yale School of Music | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | English and American literature | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Rice University
English literature
Country:
United States
Studied English literature on scholarship after high school
Yale School of Music
Country:
United States
Harvard University
English and American literature
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
Ph.D.取得
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Jean Stein Award | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Guggenheim Fellowship | General Nonfiction | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Whiting Award | — | — | Whiting Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Prix Italia | radio work | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2008 | honorary DLitt | — | — | University of Warwick | 受賞 |
Jean Stein Award
1990
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1992
Work:
General Nonfiction
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Whiting Award
1992
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
受賞
Prix Italia
Work:
radio work
Result:
受賞
honorary DLitt
2008
Organization:
University of Warwick
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lost in Translation: Life in a New Language
1989 memoirMemoir of her experience immigrating to America from post-WWII Poland.
immigrationlanguageidentity
Exit into History: A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe
1993 nonfictionA journey through the new Eastern Europe.
Eastern Europehistory
Shtetl: The Life and Death of a Small Town and the World of Polish Jews
1997 nonfictionThe life and death of a small town and the world of Polish Jews.
JewsHolocaust
The Secret: A Fable for Our Time
2001 novelAfter Such Knowledge: Memory, History and the Legacy of the Holocaust
2004 nonfictionMemory, history, and the legacy of the Holocaust.
Holocaustmemory
Illuminations: A Novel (US: Appassionata)
2008 novelHow to Be Bored
2016 essayOn Czeslaw Milosz
2023 biographyBibliography
- Lost in Translation: Life in a New Language (1989)
- Exit into History: A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe (1993)
- Shtetl: The Life and Death of a Small Town and the World of Polish Jews (1997)
- The Secret: A Fable for Our Time (2001)
- After Such Knowledge: Memory, History and the Legacy of the Holocaust (2004)
- Illuminations. A Novel (2008)
- Time: Big Ideas, Small Books (2009)
- How to Be Bored (2016)
- On Czeslaw Milosz (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- postmodern autobiographyself-insertion
- Recurring Motifs
- exilehistorical memoryidentity
Legacy
Internationally acclaimed Polish-American writer known for her memoir on immigration experiences.