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
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
Writings
Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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
Education:
Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
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Harlem Writers Guild | New York , NY |
Career:
Position | Organization | Location | Date |
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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 | 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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