Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1991) Winner
George Scialabba
ジョージ・スキャラバ
Jōji Shiarabba
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-01-01 （East Boston）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- East Boston (childhood) → Cambridge (Harvard period)
Career
- Occupations
- book critic, building manager
- Active Years
- 1980-2024
- Affiliations
- Harvard University
- Memberships
- Opus Dei (former member)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | — | AB | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | MA | — | United States |
Harvard University
Degree:
AB
Year of Graduation:
1969
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing | — | — | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
1991
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Divided Mind
2006 Essay collectionA collection of his reviews
IntellectCriticism
The Modern Predicament
2011 Essay collectionEssays on modern thought
TheologyPostmodernity
How to Be Depressed
2018 MemoirAccount of his experience with depression
Mental healthTherapy
Bibliography
- Divided Mind (2006)
- What Are Intellectuals Good For? (2009)
- The Modern Predicament (2011)
- For the Republic (2013)
- Low Dishonest Decades (2016)
- Slouching Toward Utopia (2018)
- How to Be Depressed (2018)
- Only a Voice: Essays (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lucid and undogmaticlearned
- Recurring Motifs
- theology and secularizationmodern predicaments
Health
-
depression1970年代以降Four decades of therapy, published a book on it
Legacy
Highly regarded American independent book critic known for wide-ranging reviews.
In Popular Culture
- Cambridge City Council declared an official 'George Scialabba Day' upon his retirement.
Quotes
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he has an enviably wide range: he writes superbly here about D. H. Lawrence, the philosopher Charles Taylor, about Michel Foucault, Philip Rieff, Kierkegaard, and many others.
Source: The New Yorker (2011)
Trivia
- Born to working-class Italian-American parents.
- Former member of Opus Dei, later lost his faith.