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Amy Wilentz

January 01, 1970

Amy Wilentz is an American journalist and writer. She is a professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, where she teaches Literary Journalism.[1] Wilentz received a 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir, Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti, as well as a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship in General Nonfiction.[2][3] Wilentz is The New Yorker's former Jerusalem correspondent and is a contributing editor at The Nation.[4]

Amy Wilentz
OccupationWriter, journalist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksFarewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti, I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger
Notable awardsNational Book Critics Circle Award (autobiography)
2013 Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti
SpouseNicholas Goldberg
RelativesDavid T. Wilentz (grandfather)

Early life and education edit

Wilentz is the daughter of Robert Wilentz and Jacqueline Malino Wilentz. Her father was chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1979 to 1996; her mother was a painter. She was raised in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.[5] Wilentz is also the granddaughter of David T. Wilentz, the New Jersey attorney general from 1934 to 1944, best known for prosecuting Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial.[6] She attended Harvard for undergraduate study in 1976, where she wrote for The Harvard Crimson.[7][8] She spent a year after graduation on a Harvard/Radcliffe fellowship at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, France.[9]

Career edit

Wilentz's first jobs in journalism were for The Nation, Newsday, and Time. She also worked for Ben Sonnenberg's literary periodical Grand Street in its early years. Wilentz has covered events in Haiti for many years, from the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986 through the 2010 earthquake and Duvalier's death in 2014.[10]

Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Time, The New Republic, Mother Jones,[11] Harper's,[12] Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler,[13] Travel & Leisure, San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice,[14] The London Review of Books, The Huffington Post,[15] Democracy: A Journal of Ideas[16], and The Spectator.[17]

Wilentz is the author of two books on Haiti, The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier (1989) and Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti (2013). She is the translator of In the Parish of the Poor: Writings from Haiti, by Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1991). She continues to write frequently about Haiti, most often for The Nation.

Martyrs’ Crossing, Wilentz's novel about the Oslo peace process in Jerusalem in the mid-1990s, was published in 2000. Her memoir, I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger was published in 2006.

Personal life edit

Wilentz is married to Nicholas Goldberg, opinion editor of the Los Angeles Times.[18]

Awards edit

Works edit

Books edit

  • Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti. Simon & Schuster. January 8, 2013. ISBN 978-1-451-64397-8.[24]
  • I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger. Simon and Schuster. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7432-6439-6.
  • Martyrs' Crossing. Simon & Schuster. 2001. ISBN 978-0-684-85436-6.
  • The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier. Simon and Schuster. 1989. ISBN 978-0-671-64186-3.

Anthologies edit

  • Robert Maguire and Scott Freeman, ed. (2017). Who Owns Haiti?: People, Power, and Sovereignty. Contributor Amy Wilentz. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0813062266.
  • The Nation's 150th Anniversary Special Issue (2015). Contributor Amy Wilentz: "The Future of a Failed State".
  • Jeff Sharlet, ed. (2014). Radiant Truths: Essential Dispatches, Reports, Confessions, and Other Essays on American Belief. Contributor Amy Wilentz. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300169218.
  • Richard Stengel, ed. (2010). Haiti: Tragedy and Hope. Contributor Amy Wilentz. Time Books. ISBN 978-1-60320-163-6.
  • Susan Morrison, ed. (2008). Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women Writers. Contributor Amy Wilentz. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-145593-3.
  • Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1990). In the parish of the poor: writings from Haiti. Translator Amy Wilentz. Orbis Books. ISBN 978-0-88344-682-9.
  • Anne Fuller; Amy Wilentz (1991). Return to the Darkest Days: Human Rights in Haiti Since the Coup. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 978-1-56432-054-4.

References edit

  1. ^ "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System". University of California, Irvine. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Two UCI School of Humanities professors named Guggenheim Fellows". www.humanities.uci.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  3. ^ Notes, Critical (2014-03-13). "National Book Critics Circle Announces Award Winners for Publishing Year 2013". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  4. ^ "Authors". The Nation. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Alexandra. "California Girl", The New York Times, September 3, 2006. Accessed January 16, 2018. "A few years ago, Amy Wilentz's husband got a job offer from The Los Angeles Times and she agreed, ambivalently, to move from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to the West Coast with their three sons and dog. Raised in gritty Perth Amboy, N.J., Wilentz is an accomplished journalist who has corresponded from Jerusalem for The New Yorker and written a book about Haiti."
  6. ^ Fowler, Glen (July 7, 1988). "Prosecutor in Linbergh kidnapping is dead". The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "Amy Wilentz: Writer Page". The Harvard Crimson. from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  8. ^ Crimson Connections: Jill E. Abramson '76 and Amy Wilentz '76, archived from the original on December 20, 2021, retrieved April 12, 2021
  9. ^ "Alumnius ecole normale".
  10. ^ "Amy Wilentz". The Nation. April 2, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "Amy Wilentz". Mother Jones. March 19, 2003. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  12. ^ Terrell, Whitney. "Amy Wilentz | Harper's Magazine". Harper's. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  13. ^ . Concierge.com. February 2, 2013. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  14. ^ Richard Goldstein (May 28, 2002). "Never Again?". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  15. ^ Wilentz, Amy. "Amy Wilentz". The Huffington Post.
  16. ^ "Amy Wilentz". Democracy Journal. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  17. ^ "Amy Wilentz, Author at The Spectator". The Spectator. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  18. ^ "Editorial staff LATimes". Los Angeles Times.
  19. ^ "1989 – National Book Critics Circle". www.bookcritics.org. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  20. ^ Kirsten Reach (January 14, 2014). . Melville House Publishing. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  21. ^ . National Book Critics Circle. January 14, 2014. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  22. ^ . National Book Critics Circle. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  23. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Amy Wilentz". Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  24. ^ Ben Fountain (January 18, 2013). "A World of Its Own 'Farewell, Fred Voodoo,' by Amy Wilentz". The New York Times.

External links edit

  • Author's website
  • Faculty page at UC Irvine
  • Profile at The Whiting Foundation
  • "Review: MARTYRS' CROSSING", Book Reporter
  • Appearances on C-SPAN

January 01, 1970
wilentz, american, journalist, writer, professor, english, university, california, irvine, where, teaches, literary, journalism, wilentz, received, 2013, national, book, critics, circle, award, memoir, farewell, fred, voodoo, letter, from, haiti, well, 2020, g. Amy Wilentz is an American journalist and writer She is a professor of English at the University of California Irvine where she teaches Literary Journalism 1 Wilentz received a 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir Farewell Fred Voodoo A Letter from Haiti as well as a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship in General Nonfiction 2 3 Wilentz is The New Yorker s former Jerusalem correspondent and is a contributing editor at The Nation 4 Amy WilentzOccupationWriter journalistLanguageEnglishNationalityAmericanNotable worksFarewell Fred Voodoo A Letter From Haiti I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Coming to California in the Age of SchwarzeneggerNotable awardsNational Book Critics Circle Award autobiography 2013 Farewell Fred Voodoo A Letter From HaitiSpouseNicholas GoldbergRelativesDavid T Wilentz grandfather Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Awards 5 Works 5 1 Books 5 2 Anthologies 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and education editWilentz is the daughter of Robert Wilentz and Jacqueline Malino Wilentz Her father was chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1979 to 1996 her mother was a painter She was raised in Perth Amboy New Jersey 5 Wilentz is also the granddaughter of David T Wilentz the New Jersey attorney general from 1934 to 1944 best known for prosecuting Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial 6 She attended Harvard for undergraduate study in 1976 where she wrote for The Harvard Crimson 7 8 She spent a year after graduation on a Harvard Radcliffe fellowship at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris France 9 Career editWilentz s first jobs in journalism were for The Nation Newsday and Time She also worked for Ben Sonnenberg s literary periodical Grand Street in its early years Wilentz has covered events in Haiti for many years from the fall of Jean Claude Duvalier in 1986 through the 2010 earthquake and Duvalier s death in 2014 10 Her work has appeared in The New York Times The Los Angeles Times Time The New Republic Mother Jones 11 Harper s 12 Vogue Conde Nast Traveler 13 Travel amp Leisure San Francisco Chronicle The Village Voice 14 The London Review of Books The Huffington Post 15 Democracy A Journal of Ideas 16 and The Spectator 17 Wilentz is the author of two books on Haiti The Rainy Season Haiti Since Duvalier 1989 and Farewell Fred Voodoo A Letter from Haiti 2013 She is the translator of In the Parish of the Poor Writings from Haiti by Jean Bertrand Aristide 1991 She continues to write frequently about Haiti most often for The Nation Martyrs Crossing Wilentz s novel about the Oslo peace process in Jerusalem in the mid 1990s was published in 2000 Her memoir I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger was published in 2006 Personal life editWilentz is married to Nicholas Goldberg opinion editor of the Los Angeles Times 18 Awards edit1990 Whiting Award 1990 PEN Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction for The Rainy Season 2000 Rosenthal Award American Academy of Arts and Letters for Martyrs Crossing 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award General Nonfiction finalist 19 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award Autobiography Memoir winner for Farewell Fred Voodoo 20 21 22 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship in General Nonfiction 23 Works editBooks edit Farewell Fred Voodoo A Letter From Haiti Simon amp Schuster January 8 2013 ISBN 978 1 451 64397 8 24 I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger Simon and Schuster 2006 ISBN 978 0 7432 6439 6 Martyrs Crossing Simon amp Schuster 2001 ISBN 978 0 684 85436 6 The Rainy Season Haiti Since Duvalier Simon and Schuster 1989 ISBN 978 0 671 64186 3 Anthologies edit Robert Maguire and Scott Freeman ed 2017 Who Owns Haiti People Power and Sovereignty Contributor Amy Wilentz University Press of Florida ISBN 978 0813062266 The Nation s 150th Anniversary Special Issue 2015 Contributor Amy Wilentz The Future of a Failed State Jeff Sharlet ed 2014 Radiant Truths Essential Dispatches Reports Confessions and Other Essays on American Belief Contributor Amy Wilentz Yale University Press ISBN 978 0300169218 Richard Stengel ed 2010 Haiti Tragedy and Hope Contributor Amy Wilentz Time Books ISBN 978 1 60320 163 6 Susan Morrison ed 2008 Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary Reflections by Women Writers Contributor Amy Wilentz HarperCollins ISBN 978 0 06 145593 3 Jean Bertrand Aristide 1990 In the parish of the poor writings from Haiti Translator Amy Wilentz Orbis Books ISBN 978 0 88344 682 9 Anne Fuller Amy Wilentz 1991 Return to the Darkest Days Human Rights in Haiti Since the Coup Human Rights Watch ISBN 978 1 56432 054 4 References edit UC Irvine Faculty Profile System University of California Irvine Retrieved March 24 2013 Two UCI School of Humanities professors named Guggenheim Fellows www humanities uci edu Retrieved 2023 10 23 Notes Critical 2014 03 13 National Book Critics Circle Announces Award Winners for Publishing Year 2013 National Book Critics Circle Retrieved 2023 10 23 Authors The Nation Retrieved March 24 2013 Jacobs Alexandra California Girl The New York Times September 3 2006 Accessed January 16 2018 A few years ago Amy Wilentz s husband got a job offer from The Los Angeles Times and she agreed ambivalently to move from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to the West Coast with their three sons and dog Raised in gritty Perth Amboy N J Wilentz is an accomplished journalist who has corresponded from Jerusalem for The New Yorker and written a book about Haiti Fowler Glen July 7 1988 Prosecutor in Linbergh kidnapping is dead The New York Times Retrieved January 16 2018 Amy Wilentz Writer Page The Harvard Crimson Archived from the original on August 1 2013 Retrieved January 10 2022 Crimson Connections Jill E Abramson 76 and Amy Wilentz 76 archived from the original on December 20 2021 retrieved April 12 2021 Alumnius ecole normale Amy Wilentz The Nation April 2 2010 Retrieved October 30 2020 Amy Wilentz Mother Jones March 19 2003 Retrieved March 24 2013 Terrell Whitney Amy Wilentz Harper s Magazine Harper s Retrieved March 24 2013 Love and Haiti Conde Nast Traveler Concierge com February 2 2013 Archived from the original on September 28 2011 Retrieved March 24 2013 Richard Goldstein May 28 2002 Never Again The Village Voice Retrieved March 24 2013 Wilentz Amy Amy Wilentz The Huffington Post Amy Wilentz Democracy Journal Retrieved 2023 10 23 Amy Wilentz Author at The Spectator The Spectator 2021 07 14 Retrieved 2023 10 23 Editorial staff LATimes Los Angeles Times 1989 National Book Critics Circle www bookcritics org Retrieved October 30 2020 Kirsten Reach January 14 2014 NBCC finalists announced Melville House Publishing Archived from the original on January 8 2017 Retrieved January 14 2014 Announcing the National Book Critics Awards Finalists for Publishing Year 2013 National Book Critics Circle January 14 2014 Archived from the original on January 15 2014 Retrieved January 14 2014 National Book Critics Circle Announces Award Winners for Publishing Year 2013 National Book Critics Circle March 13 2014 Archived from the original on March 14 2014 Retrieved March 13 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Amy Wilentz Retrieved October 6 2020 Ben Fountain January 18 2013 A World of Its Own Farewell Fred Voodoo by Amy Wilentz The New York Times External links editAuthor s website Faculty page at UC Irvine Profile at The Whiting Foundation Review MARTYRS CROSSING Book Reporter Appearances on C SPAN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amy Wilentz amp oldid 1214309859, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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