Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
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Edition 31 (2021) Winner
Merve Emre
メルヴ・エムレ
Meruvu Emure
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Adana
- Nationality
- Turkish, American
- Languages
- English, Turkish
- Residence History
- Adana, Turkey → Port Washington, New York → Montreal, Canada → Oxford, United Kingdom → Wesleyan University, Connecticut
Career
- Occupations
- author, academic, literary critic, professor
- Active Years
- 2007-2025
- Affiliations
- McGill University, University of Oxford, Wesleyan University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | Government | — | BA | 2003-2007 | United States |
| Yale University | — | English literature | PhD | — | United States |
| Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School | — | — | — | — | United States |
Harvard University
Government
Degree:
BA
Period:
2003-2007
Year of Graduation:
2007
Country:
United States
Concentrated in government
Yale University
English literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
PhD in English literature
Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School
Year of Graduation:
2003
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Philip Leverhulme Prize | — | Languages & Literature | Leverhulme Trust | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Robert B. Silvers Prize | — | Literary Criticism | — | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Philip Leverhulme Prize
2019
Category:
Languages & Literature
Organization:
Leverhulme Trust
Result:
受賞
Robert B. Silvers Prize
2021
Category:
Literary Criticism
Result:
受賞
Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
2021
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America
2017 NonfictionExplores the making of bad readers in postwar America.
Reading cultureCriticism
The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing
2018 NonfictionHistorical account of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
Personality testingPsychologyBiography
The Ferrante Letters: An Experiment in Collective Criticism
2020 CriticismCollective criticism on Elena Ferrante.
Literary criticismFerrante
Bibliography
- Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America (2017)
- The Personality Brokers (2018)
- The Ferrante Letters (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Focus on form and styleText-centered analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Bad readersPersonalityBiographical refusal
Legacy
Recognized as a key figure in contemporary literary criticism, with her book on Myers-Briggs highly acclaimed.
Trivia
- Worked as a marketing consultant at Bain & Company but studied for GRE under her desk.
- Corresponded with Elena Ferrante for two months.