Ethan Gilsdorf

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ethan Gilsdorf
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Sep 29, 1966(1966-09-29)
Age	58
Birthplace	Dover
Country	United States
Birth City	New Hampshire
Horoscope	Virgo

Ethan Gilsdorf Biography

Ethan Gilsdorf is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on September 29, 1966 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. Todd Swift, poet, the author of Cafe Alibi the editor of Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry wrote “Ethan Gilsdorf strikes me as a poetic Henry James for the 21st century, the cosmopolitan American in Europe, casting a cold eye on the old and new worlds, and delivering an elegant retort to any suggestion that lyricism and wit cannot lie in the same bed. He is one of the best of a new generation of poets emerging now, and should be read.”

He was a student at Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire and graduated in 1984. He earned the B.A., with a specialization in film, video and creative writing at Hampshire College in 1989 and his MFA that focuses on poetry at Louisiana State University, in 1992.

As a poet, Gilsdorf is the winner of the Hobblestock Peace Poetry Competition (1999) and the Esmé Bradberry Contemporary Poets Prize (1991). His poetry has been shortlisted for the Walt McDonald First-Book Competition in Poetry, the Bright Hill Press Poetry Award Competition, the Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society chapbook contest, the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize, the “Discovery”/The Nation Contest, and the Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry; he was also a Finalist for the Academy of American Poets Prize.

During a five-year stay in Paris from 1999 to 2004, Gilsdorf got his start in journalism as a freelance travel, hotel, food and film writer for Fodor’s travel guides and Time Out.

He is a specialist in immersive, participatory journalism. In it, you can try out new experiences and then reports on the experience: for instance, a trip to Plimoth Plantation; being to Plimoth Plantation; re-enacting the universe that was Stranger Things and the 1980s or cycling within the French Pyrenees.

Ethan Gilsdorf Net Worth

Ethan Gilsdorf is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ethan Gilsdorf 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The Gilsdorf family was born in Dover, New Hampshire, in the year 1966. He raised in the city of Lee. As a child, he hoped to become a veterinarian cartoonist, or filmmaker. He was a fan of children’s adventure books and other works of science and fantasy fiction. He was an enthusiast of Star Wars, and Bugs Bunny and other pop culture landmarks. He first began playing Dungeons and Dragons during middle school, around the time when he began writing himself “Lord of the Rings rip-offs.” Gilsdorf says that writers, artists and other creative individuals who have influenced him include film directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros. cartoon animator Chuck Jones, Mad Magazine, Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax, cartoonist Saul Steinberg as well as comic George Carlin and writer J.R.R. Tolkien.

Ethan Gilsdorf (born September 29 1996) is an American poet, writer and performer. He is also an editor, critic, teacher , and journalist.

Gilsdorf is the author of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms. Gilsdorf began his writing career in the 1990s as a poet. He began writing nonfiction in 2000 as a Paris-based freelance journalist. He now writes about arts, culture, media and technology, and reviews books and films, for such publications as The New York Times, Boston Globe, Wired, and Salon. He also works as a writing instructor and consultant.

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His essay “The Day My Mother Became a Stranger,” published in Boston Magazine, was listed in Best American Essays 2016 as a “Notable Essay.”

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Ethan Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ethan Gilsdorf celebrates birthday on September 29 of every year.

“Gandalf’s got nothing on Ethan Gilsdorf, except for maybe the monster white beard”, wrote the Boston Globe. The A.V. Club called it “a fascinating memoir/travel/geek-world exploration.” Booklist said, “Gilsdorf is an engaging and personable guide. Like many who will pick up his book, he’s got one foot squarely in the real world, the other in the fantasy one. This is a journey well worth taking”; and Make Magazine said, “A surprisingly moving memoir and ode to geek culture. It’s also a great book to give to friends and relatives who don’t understand the appeal of this subculture … This book rolled a natural d20 (and the wonderful design gets a +2 bonus).”