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Stacy Schiff

Stacy Schiff was an American historian, journalist, writer, biographer and literary editor (born 1961). She was born at Adams.

Stacy Schiff in brief

Born
1961
Known for
historian, journalist, writer, biographer and literary editor
Place of birth
Adams
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Career and activity

Stacy Schiff worked in creative and professional writing, biography, non-fiction literature, essay and journalism.

She worked at New York City.

Recognition and collections

Stacy Schiff received Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Biography, PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography, Newberry Library Award and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

Catalogued works

27 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1971 to 2012. The first 12 are listed here.

Saint-Exupéry: A Biography. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams. Cleopatra: A Life. קליאופטרה. Kleopatra (in Danish). Witches. Véra. Véra. Señora de Nabokov. The Revolutionary. Revolutionary Samuel Adams. Cleópatra. Kleopatra.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Review: The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff, The Public Historian, 2016. <i>The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams</i> by Stacy Schiff, The New England Quarterly, 2024. Schiff Bases and Related Substances. III. Acetylation of a Schiff Base-Thiol Adduct<sup>1</sup>, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1958.

In detail

Stacy Schiff studied at Williams College and Phillips Academy. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, biography and non-fiction literature.

Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Biography, PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography and Newberry Library Award.

Chronology

  1. 1961Stacy Schiff born at Adams.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Stacy Schiff”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q465655: Stacy Schiff

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