Leonard Barkan
Leonard Barkan is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University.[1] He won Berlin Prize, Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow in Fall 2009.[2] He won the 2011 Harry Levin Prize.[3] Barkan shared the PEN/Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts for Unearthing the Past with Deborah Silverman in 2001.[4]
Life
He taught at the University of California at San Diego, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, and New York University. He was visiting scholar at Freie Universität Berlin.[5] He is a Fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities.[6]
Barkan was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994,[7] and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2005.[8]
Works
- The Gods Made Flesh: Metamorphosis and the Pursuit of Paganism, Yale University Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0-300-03561-2
- Leonard Barkan, ed. (1987). Renaissance plays: new readings and rereadings. Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-0677-2.
- Transuming Passion: Ganymede and the Erotics of Humanism. Stanford University Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8047-1851-6.
- Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture. Yale University Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-300-08911-0.[9]
- Satyr Square: A Year, a Life in Rome, Northwestern University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8101-2494-3
- Michelangelo: a life on paper, Princeton University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-14766-6
- Berlin for Jews: A Twenty-First-Century Companion, The University of Chicago Press, 2016, ISBN 9780226010663
References
- ^ "Leonard Barkan | Comparative Literature". complit.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "The American Academy in Berlin: Detailansicht". www.americanacademy.de. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
- ^ "ACLA - Levin Prize Citations". www.acla.org. Archived from the original on 2003-05-23.
- ^ "PEN American Center - Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ^ "Leonard Barkan is Visiting Scholar at the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School • Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies". www.fsgs.fu-berlin.de. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26.
- ^ "Fellows A-G". New York Institute for the Humanities. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Leonard Barkan". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Welcome | Yale University Press". yalebooks.yale.edu.
External links
- Michael S. Roth (March 19, 2011). "Leonard Barkan's "Michelangelo: A Life on Paper"". The Washington Post.
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- Pictures of Leonard Barkan
- In Rome, AAR Resident Leonard Barkan Explores the Place of Food Culture in Renaissance Art and Thought
- Features | American Academy in Rome
- PEN American Center - Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts Winners
