Ilyon Woo
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| Occupation | Non-fiction writer, writer  |
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| Website | https://ilyonwoo.com/ |
Ilyon Woo is a Korean American author. She won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.[1]
Education
[edit]Woo attended the public elementary school King Open School in Cambridge, Massachusetts alongside Imani Perry.[2] She graduated with a BA in the Humanities from Yale College in 1994.[3][4][5] She received her PhD in English from Columbia University in 2004.[6][4][5]
Career
[edit]In 2010, Woo published The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times, which takes place in the 19th century and focuses on Eunice Chapman.[7]
Her 2023 book Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom, a history of the escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery, was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The New York Times,[8] one of the 100 must-read books of 2023 by Time,[9] and won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.[1]
Woo was also a featured author at the 2024 Exeter Literature Festival[10] and 2024 Newburyport Literary Festival.[11]
Books
[edit]- The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2010.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2024 Pulitzer Prizes".
- ^ Egan, Elisabeth (February 2, 2023). "They Crossed Paths in Second Grade. Now They're Best Sellers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "In print". yalealumnimagazine.org. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ilyon Woo". albany.edu.
- ^ a b "Ilyon Woo's nonfiction lands on NYT's 10 best books of 2023". The Korea Herald.
- ^ Barragán, Carlos (May 10, 2024). "School of the Arts Alumni Named Finalists in 2024 Pulitzer Prizes". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "'Master Slave Husband Wife' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2023". Time. November 14, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "The 10 Best Books of 2023". The New York Times. November 28, 2023.
- ^ "The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023". Time. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "Exeter LitFest welcomes Ilyon Woo, the author of one of the 10 Best Books of 2023". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Schedule of Events | Newburyport Literary Festival". Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "In 'The Great Divorce': A Mover Against The Shakers". NPR. August 14, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ McDaniel, W. Caleb (January 15, 2023). "Fleeing Slavery in a Top Hat and Cravat". The New York Times.
- ^ "'Master Slave Husband Wife' details a couple's journey from slavery to freedom". NPR. January 18, 2023.
External links
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