Lawrence Weschler

Lawrence Weschler (born 1952) is an author of works of creative nonfiction.

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1952 - Creative nonfiction

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A graduate of Cowell College of the University of California at Santa Cruz (1974), Weschler was for over twenty years (1981-2002) a staff writer at The New Yorker, where his work shuttled between political tragedies and cultural comedies. He is a two-time winner of the George Polk Awards (for Cultural Reporting in 1988 and Magazine Reporting in 1992) and was also a recipient of Lannan Literary Award (1998).

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University of California at Santa Cruz - 1974 - 1981 - 2002 - The New Yorker - George Polk Awards - 1988 - 1992 - 1998

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Since 2001, Weschler has been the director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University.

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2001 - New York University

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Weschler is the grandson of the composer Ernst Toch.

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