Michael Gorra

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Full Name	Michael Gorra
Occupation	Academic
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1957(1957-02-17)
Age	67
Birthplace	New London
Country	United States
Birth City	Connecticut
Horoscope	Aquarius

Michael Gorra Biography

Michael Gorra is one of the most popular and richest Academic who was born on February 17, 1957 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Michael Gorra was born 17 February 1957. He is currently the Mary Augusta Jordan Professor English Language and Literature at Smith College.

Gorra’s classes at Smith College focus on fiction from 19th century to the present, with courses on Faulkner and George Eliot’s Middlemarch.

Gorra’s Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece (2012) is a critical biography that uses its commentary on James’s 1881 novel, The Portrait of a Lady, as a point of entry not only into James’s life but also into the literary culture of the late nineteenth century. It was praised by Cynthia Ozick for presenting its subject with all “the sensuous immediacy of his quotidian reality: the rooms he lived in, the streets he trod, and the very texture of his inmost sensibility…. In Gorra’s ingenious and capacious reading, James stands before us with a clarity of seeing and feeling given to no previous biographer.”

The English Novel at Mid-Century (1990), a history of British fiction during the era of Evelyn Waugh, and Anthony Powell. It was originally a doctoral thesis at Stanford University. The English Department’s Alden Prize for Dissertation won it. The study was followed by After Empire: Scott Naipaul Rushdie and Naipaul (1997). The Bells in Their Silence, Travels Through Germany (2004) is a result of a sabbatical in Germany. The Portable Conrad and The Norton Critical Edition of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying were edited volumes.

Michael Gorra Net Worth

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

Gorra was born in New London (Connecticut) and grew up on the Connecticut shore. He graduated from Waterford High School, Connecticut in 1975. He was active in science fiction fandom while in school and published several issues of his fanzines Banshee and Random between 1973 and 1975.

His A.B. was earned in 1979 at Amherst College. He earned his A.B. from Amherst College in 1979, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1980.

Gorra’s essays and reviews appear frequently in such journals as the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times Book Review, The Hudson Review, and the Daily Beast. His travel essays have twice been included in the annual volumes of The Best American Travel Writing. In 2001 Gorra received the Balakian award from the National Book Critics Circle Award for his work as a reviewer. Other honors include grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship for his first year’s work on Portrait of a Novel. Portrait of a Novel was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography).

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Top Facts about Michael Gorra

1. Michael Gorra is an American academic and author.
2. He was born in 1952 in New York City.
3. Gorra is a professor of English at Smith College.
4. He has written several books on literature and culture.
5. His book “Portrait of a Novel” won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
6. Gorra has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and other publications.
7. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 1980.
8. Gorra’s research interests include Henry James and modernist literature.
9. He has taught at several universities including Harvard and Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University.
10. Gorra is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2017.