Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
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Edition 21 (2011) Winner
Kathryn Schulz
キャサリン・シュルツ
Kyasharin Shurutsu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Shaker Heights, Ohio
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Residence History
- Portland, Oregon → Costa Rica → Santiago, Chile → New York City → Eastern Shore of Maryland
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, author, book critic
- Active Years
- 1996-2024
- Affiliations
- The New Yorker, New York magazine
- Nominations
- 2017 National Magazine Award Finalist (When Things Go Missing)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaker Heights High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
| Brown University | — | Department of History | Bachelor of Arts | 1992-1996 | United States |
Shaker Heights High School
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United States
Brown University
Department of History
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1992-1996
Year of Graduation:
1996
Country:
United States
Major in history
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing | The Really Big One | — | Columbia University | winner |
| 2016 | National Magazine Award | The Really Big One | — | American Society of Magazine Editors | winner |
| 2023 | Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography | Lost & Found | — | Lambda Literary | winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
2016
Work:
The Really Big One
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
winner
National Magazine Award
2016
Work:
The Really Big One
Organization:
American Society of Magazine Editors
Result:
winner
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography
2023
Work:
Lost & Found
Organization:
Lambda Literary
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
2010 Non-fictionA philosophical exploration of human error.
errorhumanityperception
Lost & Found: A Memoir
2022 Non-fictionA memoir about loss of her father and finding love.
losslovefamily
Bibliography
- Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error (2010)
- Lost & Found: A Memoir (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- wittyphilosophicalpersonal
- Recurring Motifs
- errorlossfinding
Legacy
Renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, staff writer at The New Yorker, acclaimed for works on error and loss.
Trivia
- Her sister Laura Schulz is a cognitive scientist at MIT.
- Married to fellow New Yorker staff writer Casey Cep.