Jennifer Michael Hecht
Jennifer Michael Hecht (born November 23, 1965 in Glen Cove , Long Island , New York ) is an American philosophy historian , university professor and writer .
Life
Hecht completed her studies at Adelphi University and graduated in 1995 with a doctorate in history from Columbia University in New York City. In addition, she completed several semesters abroad at the Université de Caen and the Université d'Angers . At the New York Institute for the Humanities , she received Fellow status as a researcher. As a university teacher, she is active in the Graduate Writing Program at The New School , New York University , where she teaches creative writing in poetry and philosophy. As an essayist and literary critic , she has a. a. published in the New York Times , The Washington Post and "The American Scholar" . She was a columnist for the New York Times under Happy Days and Times Select.
Jennifer Michael Hecht lives in Brooklyn , New York City , she is married and has two children.
Works (selection)
- The Next Ancient World. , Poetry, Tupelo Press, 2001 ISBN 978-0971031005 .
- The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France. Columbia University Press , New York City 2003, ISBN 978-0231128469
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Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson. HarperOne, San Francisco 2003, ISBN 978-0060097721 .
- Dúvida: uma História , 2005 (translation into Portuguese / Brazilian)
- Funny. , Poetry, University of Wisconsin Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0299214043 .
- The Happiness Myth: The Historical Antidote to What Isn't Working Today. HarperOne, San Francisco 2008, ISBN 978-0060859503 .
- Who Said. , Poetry, Copper Canyon Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-55659-449-6 .
- Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It. Yale University Press , New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0300186086 .
Awards (selection)
- 2001 ForeWord Magazine's Poetry Book of the Year for The Next Ancient World
- 2001 Tupelo Press Judge's Prize for The Next Ancient World
- 2002 Norma Farber's First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America 's for The Next Ancient World
- 2004 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award of Phi Beta Kappa Society for The End of the Soul
- 2005 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry for Funny
Web links
- www.jennifermichaelhecht.com/ Official website of the author
- Poem by Hecht , in the New Yorker October 3, 2011
- Jennifer Michael Hecht: The Triumph of Poetic Atheism (Video from the Ethical Culture Society Bergen)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Articles, Essays, and Reviews to Download ( Memento of July 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jennifer-michael-hecht/?scp=1&sq=Jennifer%20Michael%20Hecht&st=cse
- ^ Winner 2002 , Poetry Society of America, accessed January 21, 2019
- ↑ Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Winners , Phi Beta Kappa Society, accessed January 21, 2019
- ↑ Funny is Winner of the 2005 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry , University of Wisconsin Press, accessed January 21, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pike, Jennifer Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian and poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Glen Cove , New York |