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

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Harlem Writers Guild New York , NY

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 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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