Ilyon Woo

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Ilyon Woo
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OccupationNon-fiction writer, writer   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Website ilyonwoo.com   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Ilyon Woo is an American author of Korean descent. She won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. [1]

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Education

Woo attended the public elementary school King Open School in Cambridge, Massachusetts alongside Imani Perry. [2] She graduated with a BA in the Humanities from Yale College in 1994. [3] [4] [5] She received her PhD in English from Columbia University in 2004. [6] [4] [5]

Career

In 2010, Woo published The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times, which takes place in the 19th century and focuses on Eunice Chapman. [7]

Her 2023 book Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom , a history of the escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery, was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by TheNew York Times, [8] one of the 100 must-read books of 2023 by Time, [9] and won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. [1]

Woo was also a featured author at the 2024 Exeter Literature Festival [10] and 2024 Newburyport Literary Festival. [11]

Books

References

  1. 1 2 "2024 Pulitzer Prizes".
  2. ↑ Egan, Elisabeth (February 2, 2023). "They Crossed Paths in Second Grade. Now They're Best Sellers". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "In print". yalealumnimagazine.org. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Ilyon Woo". albany.edu.
  5. 1 2 "Ilyon Woo's nonfiction lands on NYT's 10 best books of 2023". The Korea Herald. November 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ Barragán, Carlos (May 10, 2024). "School of the Arts Alumni Named Finalists in 2024 Pulitzer Prizes". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ "'Master Slave Husband Wife' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2023". Time. November 14, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ "The 10 Best Books of 2023". The New York Times. November 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ "The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023". Time. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Exeter LitFest welcomes Ilyon Woo, the author of one of the 10 Best Books of 2023". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  11. ↑ "2024 Schedule of Events | Newburyport Literary Festival" . Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  12. ↑ "In 'The Great Divorce': A Mover Against The Shakers". NPR. August 14, 2010. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  13. ↑ McDaniel, W. Caleb (January 15, 2023). "Fleeing Slavery in a Top Hat and Cravat". The New York Times.
  14. ↑ "'Master Slave Husband Wife' details a couple's journey from slavery to freedom". Morning Edition. NPR. January 18, 2023.
  15. ↑ Miller, Stuart (January 16, 2023). "They posed as master and slave: The dramatic escape story behind a pathbreaking book" . Los Angeles Times . This article appeared in print on January 22, 2023 with the title, "Black Heroes' Daring Escape Tale Takes Flight".


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