Judith Thurman | |
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![]() Thurman in 2016 | |
Born | 1946 (age 77–78) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Brandeis University |
Occupation | writer |
Judith Thurman (born 1946)[1] is an American writer, biographer, and critic. She is the recipient of the 1983 National Book Award for nonfiction for her biography Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller.[2][3] Her book Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette was a finalist for the 1999 nonfiction National Book Award.[4] In 2016, she received the medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.[5]
She is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine.[6]