Nicholas Delbanco

Bio: Nicholas Delbanco is the author of more than thirty previous works of fiction and non-fiction; his most recent novel is "It Is Enough," his most recent work of non-fiction, "Why Writing Matters." His "Still Life at Eighty," a memoir, and "Reprise: the Stories of Nicholas Delbanco" will also be published this year.  At the University of Michigan—from which he retired as the Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor in English—he was the Director of the Helen Zell Writers’ Program and, for a quarter of a century, the Hopwood Awards. Founding Director of the Bennington Summer Writing Workshops, he created the low-residency MFA program there.  Among his own awards are the J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and, twice, the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Prose Fiction.  He has served as Chair of the Fiction Panel for the National Book Awards, and as a judge for the Pulitzer Prize. With his wife, Elena, he divides his time between Manhattan and Cape Cod.

Events: Fifth Year Celebration: Kris O'Shee Discusses "Our Last Blue Moon" with Nicholas Delbanco, Why Baldwin Matters Symposium