Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
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Edition 11 (2001) Winner
Michael Gorra
マイケル・ゴーラ
Maikeru Gōra
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-02-17 （New London, Connecticut）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Connecticut → Northampton, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Professor, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 1985-2024
- Affiliations
- Smith College
- Nominations
- 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) Finalist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | — | English | A.B. | — | United States |
| Stanford University | — | English | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Amherst College
English
Degree:
A.B.
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Stanford University
English
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Alden Dissertation Prize winner
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing | — | Reviewing | National Book Critics Circle | Won |
| 2007 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | Won |
| — | National Endowment for the Humanities Grants | — | — | National Endowment for the Humanities | Won |
Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing
2001
Category:
Reviewing
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
Won
Guggenheim Fellowship
2007
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
Won
National Endowment for the Humanities Grants
Organization:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece
2012 Critical biographyA critical biography using James’s The Portrait of a Lady as entry into his life and late 19th-century literary culture.
Henry James19th-century literatureAmerican literature
The English Novel at Mid-Century
1990 Literary criticismAccount of British fiction in the generation of Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell.
English novel20th-century literature
After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie
1997 Literary criticismStudy of the postcolonial novel.
Postcolonial literature
The Bells in Their Silence: Travels through Germany
2004 Travel writingTravels through Germany from a sabbatical year.
GermanyTravel
Legacy
Professor of English at Smith College known for criticism on Henry James and others.
Trivia
- Active in science fiction fandom in high school, publishing fanzines Banshee and Random.