Hilton Obenzinger
Hilton Obenzinger (born 1947 in Brooklyn) is an American novelist, poet, history and criticism writer.
Hilton Obenzinger
- Name
- Hilton Obenzinger
- Born
- 1947
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- United States
- Movements
- anti-Zionism
- Education
- Stanford University · Columbia University
- Honours
- American Book Awards
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Hilton Obenzinger, autore, nacque nel 1947 a Brooklyn, New York.
Vita
La nascita è registrata dalla Bibliothèque nationale de France e dalla Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Attività
La Deutsche Nationalbibliothek registra Stanford, California. come luogo di attività.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Key facts
• Name — Hilton Obenzinger • Born — 1947 • Birthplace — Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Poet • Alma Mater — Columbia College Stanford University • Workplaces — Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences
Life
Life
Obenzinger was born in Brooklyn in 1947, and raised in Queens. He graduated from Columbia University in 1969 and from Stanford University with a PhD in 1997. He was active in the Columbia University protests of 1968. He taught at the Yurok Indian reservation along the Klamath River in northern California, 1969–1970. He taught at Stanford University, where he is associate director of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project.
Awards
• 1982 American Book Award for This Passover or the next, I will never be in Jerusalem
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- 1.Stanford University. Hilton Obenzinger (faculty profile).
- 2.Hilton Bio. Hilton Obenzinger. 3 August 2014.
- 3.Before Columbus Foundation. American Book Awards.
- 4.Chen, Lu. Prose Roundup. The Brooklyn Rail. April 2008.
- 5.Jacobs, John. Act like a gentile and live. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. September 12, 2004.
- 6.Bush, Harold K. Jr. none. Christianity and Literature. 50. 2. 362–363. Winter 2001. 10.1177/014833310105000224.
- 7.Review. Kirkus Reviews.
- 8.Foster, Sesshu. Fresh harvest: New multicultural poetry by and about workers. Northwest Review. 28. 2. 146–154. January 1990.
- 9.Edgecomb, Gabrielle Simon. Moving history. MERIP Reports. 103. 32–33. February 1982. 10.2307/3011373.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 28
- Obenzinger, Hilton. Witness: 2017-2020. Irene Weinberger Books. 2021. 9780990376798.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. Treyf Pesach. Ithuriel's Spear. 2017. 978-1-943209-16-3.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. How We Write: The Varieties of Writing Experience. Createspace. 2015. 9781517152604.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. Busy Dying. Chax Press. 2008. 978-0-925904-73-7.
- Chen, Lu. Prose Roundup. The Brooklyn Rail. April 2008.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. A*Hole. Soft Skull Press. 2004. 978-1-932360-46-2.
- Zosia Goldberg. Running Through Fire: How I Survived the Holocaust. Mercury House. 2004. 978-1-56279-128-5.
- Gershenson, Gabriella. So beautiful and young, finding ways to survive. San Francisco Chronicle. April 18, 2004.
- Wall, Alix. Survivors memoirs recall close calls with death. J. The Jewish News of Northern California. April 23, 2004.
- Bernays, Anne. Books. Washington Post. May 30, 2004.
- Jacobs, John. Act like a gentile and live. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. September 12, 2004.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. American Palestine: Melville, Twain and the Holy Land Mania. Princeton University Press. 1999. 978-0-691-00973-5.
- Vogel, Lester I. none. American Jewish History. 87. 4. 397–400. December 1999. 10.1353/ajh.1999.0046.
- Vöő, Gabriella. none. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies. 6. 2. 305–307. Fall 2000. 41274117.
- Williams, Peter W. none. The Journal of American History. 87. 3. 1028–1029. December 2000. 10.2307/2675325.
- Dolis, John. Review. American Literature. 73. 3. 637–639. September 2001. 10.1215/00029831-73-3-637.
- Nesmith, Chris L. none. American Literary Realism. 33. 2. 186–187. Winter 2001. 27747024.
- Bush, Harold K. Jr. none. Christianity and Literature. 50. 2. 362–363. Winter 2001. 10.1177/014833310105000224.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. Cannibal Eliot and the Lost Histories of San Francisco. Mercury House. 1993. 978-1-56279-047-9.
- Fiction book review. Publishers Weekly.
- Review. Kirkus Reviews.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. New York on Fire. Real Comet Press. October 1989. 9780941104401.
- Nonfiction book review. Publishers Weekly.
- Streitfeld, David. Book report. Washington Post. January 14, 1990.
- Foster, Sesshu. Fresh harvest: New multicultural poetry by and about workers. Northwest Review. 28. 2. 146–154. January 1990.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. This Passover Or The Next I Will Never Be in Jerusalem. Momo's Press. 1980. 978-0-917672-12-5.
- Edgecomb, Gabrielle Simon. Moving history. MERIP Reports. 103. 32–33. February 1982. 10.2307/3011373.
- Obenzinger, Hilton. Bright Lights! Big City! (early Poems). Adventures in Poetry. 1974.
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