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Judith Thurman (born 1946) [1] is an American writer, biographer, and critic. She is the recipient of the 1983 National Book Award for nonfiction for her biography Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller. [2] [3] Her book Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette was a finalist for the 1999 nonfiction National Book Award. [4] .
- American
- Brandeis University
- writer
- 1946, New York City, New York, U.S.
Dec 14, 2022 · Dec. 14, 2022. Judith Thurman notices everything. Meticulous observation has been a hallmark of her 50-year career as a writer whose laser-sharp gaze traverses millenniums, countries and genres.
Judith Thurman is a staff writer for The New Yorker who covers books, culture, and fashion. She has written biographies of Isak Dinesen, Colette, and Alison Bechdel, and won several awards for her essays and prose style.
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Judith Thurman is a longtime staff writer for the New Yorker magazine as well as a poet and biographer of subjects including writers Isak Dinesen and Colette, both women "who break rules and cross boundaries, in their writing and in their lives," wrote Richard Bernstein in his New York Times review of Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette.
Dec 6, 2022 · Thurman, the author of (among other works) acclaimed biographies of Colette and Isak Dinesen, includes this anecdote as an aside — an ostensible explanation of how her book came to be called what...
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Dec 22, 2022 · Stacy Schiff reviews A Left-Handed Woman, a collection of fifteen years of Judith Thurman's New Yorker pieces. She praises Thurman's biographical and critical skills, her ability to uncover meaning and nuance in her subjects.
Sep 13, 2021 · A Critic at Large. Reading Dante’s Purgatory While the World Hangs in the Balance. Seven centuries after the poet’s death, we may finally be ready for his epic of punishment and penance. By...
