Allen Shawn
Author of Wish I Could Be There: Notes From a Phobic Life
About the Author
Allen Shawn grew up in New York City and currently lives in Vermont, where he is on the faculty of Bennington College. He started composing music at the age of ten, and has produced a large catalogue of orchestral, chamber, and piano works, as well as music for ballet, theater, and film. He show more performs frequently as a pianist, and he has contributed articles to The Atlantic Monthly. He is the father of Annie and Harold Shawn show less
Works by Allen Shawn
Associated Works
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times (2008) — Contributor — 167 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1948
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Vermont, USA
- Occupations
- composer
writer
pianist - Relationships
- Shawn, William (father)
Shawn, Wallace (brother)
Kincaid, Jamaica (wife | divorced) - Organizations
- Benington College (faculty)
- Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Music, 2001)
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Statistics
- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 423
- Popularity
- #57,688
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 17
- ISBNs
- 21
- Languages
- 1