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Nicholas Franklin Delbanco

Born: 08/27/1942   London , England
Parents: Kurt and Barbara (Bernstein) Delbanco
Spouse: Elena Greenhouse
Children: Francesca Barbara, Andrea Katherine
Address(es):
Permanent :
428 Concord St.
Ann Arbor , MI 48104
USA
Contact Information:
Website : http://nicholasdelbanco.com/contact/
Other : Nicholas Delbanco c/o The Hopwood Room University of Michigan 435 South State Street 1176 Angell Hall Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1003
Email : See Contact on the website
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The art of youth : Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the nature of first acts
- An "inquiry into the nature of artistic prodigies who did their major work at an early age ... Nicholas Delbanco gives us a triptych of ... portraits: the American writer Stephen Crane (immortalized by The red badge of courage); British artist Dora Carrington (called 'the most neglected serious painter of her time'); and the legendary composer George Gershwin (Rhapsody in blue, Porgy and Bess) 		Non Fiction , Biography Adult Boston : New Harvest 2013
Image of Lastingness : the art of old age Lastingness : the art of old age
- One of the country's leading literary scholars explores the fascinating question of why some people's creative talents flourish with age while others' fade. 		Non Fiction Adult New York : Grand Central Pub 2011
Image of Sherbrookes: Possession / Sherbrookes / Stillness Sherbrookes: Possession / Sherbrookes / Stillness
- This book brings his trilogy of novels ("Possession," "Sherbrookes," "Stillness" from, consecutively, 1977, '78 and '80 ) between the covers of a single book. Shebrookes is not simply a reissue of the three original novels together, but a revised edition of the trilogy without being a complete revision of the original story.[4] 		Fiction Adult Champaign, IL : Dalkey Archive Press 2011
Literature : craft and voice
- with Alan Cheuse 		Non Fiction Adult Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill 2010
The Count of Concord : a novel
- Biographical fiction of Benjamin Graf von Rumford 1753-1814 		Fiction , Biography Adult Champaign, IL : Dalkey Archive Press 2008
Image of Spring and fall Spring and fall Fiction , Romance Adult New York : Warner Books 2006
Anywhere out of the world : essays on travel, writing, death Non Fiction , Adventure , Biography , Travel Adult New York : Columbia University Press 2005
Image of The Vagabonds The Vagabonds
- Adventures of John Burroughs, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone 		Fiction Adult New York : Warner Books 2004
The Countess of Stanlein Restored: A History of the Countess of Stanlein Ex Paganini Stradivarius Cello of 1707 Non Fiction Adult London ; New York : Verso Press 2001
The Lost Suitcase: Reflections on the Literary Life Non Fiction Adult New York : Columbia University Press 2000
What Remains Fiction Adult New York : Warner Books 2000
The Writing Life: Further Hopwood Lectures
- Editor and author of introduction 		Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 2000
Old Scores Fiction Adult New York : Warner Books 1997
Talking Horse: Bernard Malamud on Life and Work
- Editor with Alan Cheuse. Fiction - History and criticism 		Non Fiction Adult New York : Columbia University Press 1996
In the Name of Mercy
- A suspense novel on mercy-killing featuring Dr. Peter Julius, a medical entrepreneur. After seeing the suffering of his dying fiancee, he opens a euthanasia hospital in Michigan, a project which attracts a woman writer so that Julius finds love anew. Not so welcome, however, is the attention of authorities, attracted by the mounting death rate. 		Fiction , Michigan , Suspense/Thriller Adult New York, NY : Warner 1995
Writers and Their Craft: Short Stories and Essays on the Narrative
- Editor with Laurence Goldstein. Literature on the writing of fiction. 		Non Fiction Detroit : Wayne State University Press 1991
The Writer's Trade, and Other Stories Fiction , Short Stories Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1990
Speaking of Writing: Selected Hopwood Lectures
- Editor and author of introduction 		Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 1990
Running in Place: Scenes from the South of France Non Fiction Adult New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press 1989
Stillness & Shadows
- Editor and author of introduction for John Gardner's novels 		Fiction Adult New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1986
The Beaux Arts Trio: a Portrait
- Chamber music Performance Beaux Arts Trio - Biographies 		Biography Adult William Morrow & Co. 1985
About my Table, and Other Stories Non Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1983
Group Portrait: Conrad, Crane, Ford, James and Wells Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1982
Stillness Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1980
Sherbrookes Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1978
Possession Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1977
Small Rain Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1975
Fathering Fiction William Morrow & Co. 1973
In the Middle Distance Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1971
News Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1970
Consider Sappho Burning Fiction Adult New York,William Morrow & Co. 1969
Grasse 3/23/66 Fiction Adult Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1968
The Martlet's Tale Fiction Adult Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1966

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Michigan Author Award 2002
Michigan Humanities Award 1997
The University of Michigan, Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award 1991
Faculty Recognition Award, University of Michigan 1989
Rackham Fellowship Award, University of Michigan 1987
Michigan Council for the Arts Award 1986
National Endowment for the Arts/PEN Syndicated Fiction Award
- Award received for following years: 1983, 1985, 1989 		1983
New York State Creative Artists Public Service Award 1978
National Endowment for the Arts Composer & Librettist Fellow. J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow
- Award received for following years: 1976, 1980 		1976
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellow for Fiction
- Award received for following years: 1973, 1982 		1973
Vermont Council on the Arts Individual Fellowship Award 1972
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
Edward John Noble Fellowship
New York State CAPS Award

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) in English and Comparative Literature Columbia University New York , NY 1966
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Magna Cum Laude in History and Literature 		Harvard College Cambridge , MA 1963

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Visiting writer Lila Wallace Readers' Digest Fellow 1991
Director
- And other university service positions 		Hopwood Awards Program Ann Arbor , MI 1988 -2002
Professor of English University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1985 -2002
Staff Breadloaf Writers' Conference 1984
Professor of English Skidmore College Saratoga Springs , NY 1984 -1985
Visiting professor of English Williams College Williamstown , MA 1982 -1985
Visiting Writer-in-Residence Trinity College Hartford 1980
Visiting fellow Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Princeton University, Princeton 1980
Adjunct professor in Graduate Faculty of Arts & Letters, Columbia Writers' Program Columbia University New York , NY 1979
Visiting lecturer in Faculty of Arts & Letters, Iowa Writers' Program The University of Iowa Iowa City 1979
Founding Director Bennington Writing Workshops Bennington 1977 -1985
Faculty of Language and Literature Instructor Bennington College Bennington 1966 -1985
Panelist National Endowment for the Arts, Literature Program
Judge PEN/Faulkner Contest, Fiction New York State
- Many talks, readings, residencies The University of Alabama, Montevallo, Wesleyan University

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