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Benjamin Moser with the manuscript of Clarice Lispector's Complete Stories

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

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

  1. ^ "Great Homes and Destinations". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  2. ^ "Harper's Magazine Names Benjamin Moser as New Books Columnist". Reuters. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  3. ^ "Books Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  4. ^ "writer, critic, biographer, Benjamin Moser". Benmoser.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  5. ^ "National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Publishing Year 2014". National Book Critics Circle. January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
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