Chad Harbach
Chad Harbach (* 1975 in Racine , Wisconsin ) is an American author. He is co-founder and co-editor of the American literary magazine n + 1 .
Life
Harbach grew up in Racine (Wisconsin) in the American Midwest . His father was an accountant, his mother the head of a Montessori school . He completed his journalism studies with a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University , where he befriended budding authors and journalists Keith Gessen and Benjamin Kunkel . He received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Virginia .
Journalistic activities
Harbach had the idea and the name for a literary magazine back in 1998, which he has published quarterly with the title n + 1 since 2004 together with Mark Greif , Gessen, Kunkel and Marco Roth . He writes for the magazine on environmental issues, writer David Foster Wallace, and sports topics such as the Boston Red Sox .
In 2011 Harbach's first book, The Art of Fielding , a baseball novel , was a huge hit in the United States.
Publications
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The Art of Fielding . Little, Brown & Co., New York City, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0-316-12669-4 .
- The art of field play , novel, German by Stephan Kleiner and Christoph Maas. DuMont-Verlag, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-8321-9626-4 .
literature
- Graydon Carter , Keith Gessen: Vanity Fair's How a Book Is Born. The Making of the Art of Fielding . Vanity Fair Kindle, 2011.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harbach, Chad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Racine, Wisconsin |