Alexander Aciman

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Alexander Aciman
Born1990 (age 3334)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater University of Chicago
Occupations
  • Writer
  • journalist
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Alexander Aciman (born 1990) [1] is an American writer and journalist. His work has appeared in Tablet Magazine, [2] The New York Times , Vox , The New Republic , The New Yorker online, Time magazine, [3] and The Paris Review online. He is a graduate of The University of Chicago, and when he was a freshman co-authored Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less, published by Penguin Classics.

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Early life

Aciman is the son of writer André Aciman [4] and Susan Wiviott, a non-profit executive. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] He has two brothers, Philip and Michael, who are twins. [10] Aciman is a graduate of the University of Chicago.

Personal life

As of 2018, Aciman lives in New York City. He is fluent in French. [11]

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