Alan Lelchuk
Alan Lelchuk | |
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Brooklyn, NY[1] | |
Occupation | Writer, professor |
Education | Brooklyn College (BA) Stanford University (MA, PhD) |
Notable works | American Mischief, Miriam at Thirty-Four, Shrinking: The Beginning of My Own Ending, Miriam in Her Forties, On Home Ground, Brooklyn Boy, Playing the Game, Ziff: A Life? and Searching For Wallenberg. |
Spouse | Barbara Kreiger |
Children | 2 |
Alan Lelchuk (born September 15, 1938) is an American
His
He began teaching at Brandeis University in 1966, was Visiting Writer for two years at Amherst College, from 1982 to 1984, and has been a member of the Dartmouth College faculty since 1985.[2]
Some awards, honors, and citations include: a
In 2003-2004 he received a Fulbright Award and taught at the International University of Moscow.[3]
In 2005 he was a Fulbright Senior Specialist Professor, giving seminars in fiction writing and American Literature at
He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Rome, visiting writer at City College of New York, and has been in residence at Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem. He has given readings and lectures at numerous institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Brandeis University, the Boston Public Library, Boston University, Amherst College, University of Southern California, University of South Florida and the American Cultural Center (Jerusalem, Israel).
His manuscripts are housed as "The Alan Lelchuk Manuscript Collection" in the Howard Gotlieb Research Center in the Mugar Memorial Library at Boston University.[4]
In 1994 he co-founded Steerforth Press with Thomas Powers, Chip Fleischer and Michael Moore.[5] and is a member of the independent publisher's editorial board.
He lives in Canaan, New Hampshire.
Commentary on his work
American Mischief "No novelist has written with such knowledge and eloquence of the consequences of carnal passion in Massachusetts since The Scarlet Letter." Philip Roth, Esquire[full citation needed]
Miriam At Thirty-Four "A drastic and original portrait of a woman running for her life, from what she was to what she might be....The best embodiment we have of the illusions, the risks, the rewards of a woman's all-out pursuit of her self." The New York Times[full citation needed]
Shrinking, The Beginning of My Own Ending "Brilliantly conceived and dazzlingly executed." St. Louis Globe-Democrat[full citation needed] "Electrifying, inventive... the man can write."
Miriam In Her Forties "Mister Lelchuk is a writer of intelligence, sexual sensibility, and drive. Miriam is a full-bodied portrait of a woman who lives hard in our heads... yet she lives with spirit... I expect we'll hear from her again." Samuel Shem, The New York Times Book Review[full citation needed] "Miriam is not a model or an ideal, but is precisely for her individuality that we value her most. Lelchuk writes with an immense delight in images, in words, and in intransigent mortal particularity. For women who seek answers he offers ambiguity, an ambiguity that is curiously satisfying.''" Catherine Bateson[full citation needed]
On Home Ground "On Home Ground raises contemporary questions for its young readers and does so with such skill. It achieves such a success far beyond an exercise in baseball and nostalgia." The New York Times Book Review[full citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Lelchuk, Alan 1938– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Alan Lelchuk Faculty Directory". faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu. 10 July 2013.
- ^ "Fulbright Scholar examines literary friendships". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06.
- ^ "Collection - Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center". archives.bu.edu.
- ^ "Steerforth Press". www.steerforth.com.