Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 106 (2022) Winner
Joshua Cohen
ジョシュア・コーエン
Joshua Kōen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1980-09-06 （Somers Point, New Jersey）
- Nationality
- American, Israeli
- Languages
- English, German, Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Atlantic City, New Jersey → Cape May, New Jersey → Red Hook, Brooklyn
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Story writer, Essayist, Translator
- Active Years
- 2005-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan School of Music | — | Music Composition | Bachelor of Music (BM) | 1997-2001 | United States |
Manhattan School of Music
Music Composition
Degree:
Bachelor of Music (BM)
Period:
1997-2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
United States
Degree in music composition
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | The Netanyahus | — | Columbia University | Winner |
| 2021 | National Jewish Book Award (Fiction) | The Netanyahus | — | Jewish Book Council | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2022
Work:
The Netanyahus
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
National Jewish Book Award (Fiction)
2021
Work:
The Netanyahus
Organization:
Jewish Book Council
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2022) Winner
Works
Major Works
Witz
2010 Jewish literatureA satirical epic novel featuring a Jewish protagonist who cannot die.
Jewish identityAssimilationHistory
Book of Numbers
2015 Speculative fictionA novelist ghostwrites the autobiography of a tech billionaire.
TechnologyPrivacyIdentity
Moving Kings
2017 LiteratureA novel about eviction and labor involving Israeli settlers and Palestinian laborers.
ImmigrationLaborPolitics
The Netanyahus
2021 Jewish literatureA historical novel based on the visit of Benzion Netanyahu to a university.
Jewish historyAcademiaFamily
Bibliography
- Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto (2007)
- A Heaven of Others (2008)
- Witz (2010)
- Book of Numbers (2015)
- Moving Kings (2017)
- The Netanyahus (2021)
- The Quorum (2005)
- Aleph-Bet: An Alphabet for the Perplexed (2007)
- Bridge & Tunnel (& Tunnel & Bridge) (2010)
- Four New Messages (2012)
- ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction (2018)
Translations by Author
- Translations of German and Hebrew works into English
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Dense proseEloquent compositionExperimental structures
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish experienceTechnology and modernityIdentity quests
Legacy
Known for winning the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, contributing to Jewish and contemporary American literature.
In Popular Culture
- Collaborated on Edward Snowden's memoir Permanent Record
Quotes
-
Book of Numbers... is shatteringly powerful. I cannot think of anything by anyone in your generation that is so frighteningly relevant and composed with such continuous eloquence.
Source: Los Angeles Review of Books, conversation with Harold Bloom (2018)
Trivia
- Does not have an MFA but taught at Columbia University's MFA program.
- Helped write Edward Snowden's memoir Permanent Record.
- Named to Granta's Best Young American Novelists list (2017).