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Leland de la Durantaye

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Leland de la Durantaye (born 1972) is an American writer, and was Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of English, at Harvard University.[1] He is currently Professor of English at Claremont McKenna College.[2] He won the 2011 Holtzbrinck Berlin Prize[3] and is a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.[4]

Life

He grew up in East Lansing, Michigan. He traveled and studied in France, Italy, and Germany. He graduated from Cornell University, with an MA and PhD. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.[5]

His work has appeared in The Village Voice,[6] Boston Review, [7] Cabinet magazine,[8] The New York Times,[9] and The Believer magazine.[10]

Works

  • Style Is Matter: The Moral Art of Vladimir Nabokov. Cornell University Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8014-4563-7.
  • Giorgio Agamben: A Critical Introduction. Stanford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8047-6143-7.
  • "Artistic Selection". Transitional Nabokov. Peter Lang. 2009. ISBN 978-3-03911-525-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)

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