Jonathan Wilson (author)
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Jonathan Wilson is a British-born writer and professor who lives in Newton, Massachusetts
.
He is currently the Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate as well as the Director of the Center for Humanities at Tufts University
. Within the English Department at Tufts, he teaches courses on Creative Writing
and contemporary American Fiction. He lives with his wife, Sharon Kaitz, who is an artist. He has two sons, Adam Wilson, a journalist and writer and Gabriel Wilson, who works in film.
His stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Best American Short Stories
and elsewhere. Wilson currently writes a column on soccer for the Internet Newspaper, The Faster Times
recipient.
Israel, 1982
St. Catherine's College
, Oxford, England, 1977
Columbia University
, New York, U.S.A. Visiting Scholar, 1976
B.A., (Hons.) First Class. University of Essex
, England, 1974. Major: English and European Literature. Minor: Art History
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States bordered to the east by Boston. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of Newton was 85,146, making it the eleventh largest city in the state.-Villages:...
.
He is currently the Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate as well as the Director of the Center for Humanities at Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
. Within the English Department at Tufts, he teaches courses on Creative Writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
and contemporary American Fiction. He lives with his wife, Sharon Kaitz, who is an artist. He has two sons, Adam Wilson, a journalist and writer and Gabriel Wilson, who works in film.
Writing
Wilson is the author of the following books:-- short story collection Schoom (Viking 1994)
- novel The Hiding Room
- novel A Palestine Affair
- story collection An Ambulance is on the Way: Stories of Men in Trouble (Nectbook/Schocken, 2007)
- biography Marc ChagallMarc ChagallMarc Chagall Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century."According to art historian Michael J...
(Nextbook/Schocken, 2007) - Herzog: The Limits of Ideas Twayne, and
- On Bellow's Planet: Readings from the Dark Side
His stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Best American Short Stories
Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature.-Edward O'Brien:The...
and elsewhere. Wilson currently writes a column on soccer for the Internet Newspaper, The Faster Times
Awards
A Palestine Affair was a finalist for the 2004 National Jewish Book Awards, and Marc Chagall (Jewish Encounters) was a runner-up for the 2007 National Jewish Book Award. He is a Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
recipient.
Education
Ph.D., English, Hebrew University of JerusalemHebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
Israel, 1982
St. Catherine's College
St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, often called Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its motto is Nova et Vetera...
, Oxford, England, 1977
Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York, U.S.A. Visiting Scholar, 1976
B.A., (Hons.) First Class. University of Essex
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
, England, 1974. Major: English and European Literature. Minor: Art History