Ilan Stavans
Author of The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories
About the Author
Ilan Stavans (born Ilan Stavchansky on April 7, 1961, in Mexico City) is a Mexican-American, essayist. He is the author of "The Hispanic Condition", "The Riddle of Cantinflas", and "The One-Handed Pianist & Other Stories" as well as the editor of "The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories" and a dictionary show more of Spanglish, among other volumes. He has been a National Book Critics Circle Award nominee, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Latino Literature Prize, among other honors. He teaches at Amherst College. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Stavans at the 2015 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44475580
Series
Works by Ilan Stavans
Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers (Portico Paperback) (1994) 27 copies
Becoming Americans: Immigrants Tell Their Stories from Jamestown to Today (2014) — Editor — 14 copies
And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again: Writers from Around the World on the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020) — Editor; Contributor — 12 copies
The Seventh Heaven: Travels Through Jewish Latin America (Pitt Latin American Series) (2019) 9 copies
Chronicle of the Narváez expedition : a new translation : contexts, criticism [Norton Critical Edition] (2013) — Editor — 8 copies
What is la hispanidad?: A conversation (Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and… (2011) 4 copies
Collins Q & A: Latino History and Culture: The Ultimate Question & Answer Book (Smithsonian Q & A) (2007) 3 copies
What Remains: The Suitcases of Charles F. at Willard State Hospital (Excelsior Editions) (2020) 2 copies
Encyclopedia Latina: Volume 4: Radio - Zorro: History, Culture, and Society in the United States (2005) 2 copies
'Stories for everyone' in TLS 5022, 2 July 1999 [review of Nádas' 'The End of a Family Story'] 1 copy
Poetry of Pablo Neruda 1 copy
Blimunda 1 copy
Associated Works
Isaac Bashevis Singer: Collected Stories V. 1 Gimpel the Fool to The Letter Writer (Library of America, 149) (Vol 1) (2004) — Editor — 255 copies
Isaac Bashevis Singer Collected Stories V. 2 : A Friend of Kafka to Passions (Library of America) (Vol 2) (2004) — Editor — 200 copies
Selected Writings (Penguin Classics) (1986) — Introduction, some editions; Editor, some editions — 56 copies
How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life (2007) — Contributor — 52 copies
Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (1994) — Contributor — 48 copies
Masterworks of Latin American Short Fiction: Eight Novellas (1996) — Introduction, some editions — 46 copies
La torre de papel : relatos bilingües en las lenguas y dialectos hispánicos (2003) — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Balkoff, Zuri
Stavchansky Slomianski, Ilan - Birthdate
- 1961-04-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Places of residence
- New England, USA
New York, New York, USA
Mexico City, Mexico - Education
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
Jewish Theological Seminary
Columbia University - Occupations
- theater director
screenwriter
translator
university professor
lexicographer
essayist (show all 8)
short story writer
publisher - Organizations
- PEN American Center
Modern Language Association of America
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Instituto de Literatura Iberoamericana
National Book Critics Circle
Instituto de Escritores Latinoamericanos (show all 16)
Columbia University
Universidad Iberoamericana
Baruch College
Amherst College
Bennington College
Bloomsbury Review
Common Review
National Yiddish Book Center
Contentville
Mexican Cultural Institute - Awards and honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1997)
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Reviews
Lists
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 123
- Also by
- 23
- Members
- 2,044
- Popularity
- #12,579
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 31
- ISBNs
- 239
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 2
- Touchstones
- 34