Benjamin Moser
Benjamin Moser (September 14, 1976) is an American writer who lives in Utrecht, Netherlands[1]
Biography
Born in Houston, Moser attended high school in Texas and France before graduating from Brown University with a degree in History. He briefly studied Chinese and Portuguese. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from Utrecht University.
He is the New Books Columnist for Harper's Magazine,[2] a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, and the author of a biography of the Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector titled Why This World.[3] He discovered the books of Clarice Lispector while studying Portuguese-language literature.
He has published translations from the Dutch, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. He speaks six languages in addition to these.[4]
He lives with Arthur Japin (a Dutch writer) and Lex Jansen (publisher).
Awards and honors
- 2009 National Books Critics Circle Award (Biography) finalist for Why This World
- 2014 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing finalist[5]
Bibliography
- Benjamin Moser, Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, Oxford University Press (2009)/Haus Publishing Limited, ISBN 978-0-19-538556-4 (US), 978-1906598426 (UK)
- Benjamin Moser, Clarice, uma biografia, Cosac Naify (2009).
Reviews
- Benjamin Moser (Feb 2009). "Art is : the audacity of still life". Harper's. 318 (1905): 75–80, 82. Reviews Quentin Buvelot. The still lifes of Adriaen Coorte, 1683-1707. Waanders.
References
- ↑ "Great Homes and Destinations". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ↑ "Harper's Magazine Names Benjamin Moser as New Books Columnist". Reuters. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ↑ "Books Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ↑ "writer, critic, biographer, Benjamin Moser". Benmoser.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ↑ "National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Publishing Year 2014". National Book Critics Circle. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
External links
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- Official website
- Interview in Vanity Fair
- Review of Why This World in the New York Times Book Review
- Interview in the New York Times
- Interview in the Sunday Times (London)
- Interview in Texas Monthly
- Interview in O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese)
- Interview in Ha'aretz (in Hebrew)