Leonard Barkan

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Leonard Barkan (born October 6, 1944) [1] is the Class of 1943 University Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. [2] He won Berlin Prize, Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow in Fall 2009. [3] He won the 2001 Harry Levin Prize. [4] Barkan shared the PEN/Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts for Unearthing the Past with Deborah Silverman in 2001. [5]

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Life

Barkan taught at the University of California, San Diego, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, and New York University. He was visiting scholar at the Free University of Berlin. [6] He is a Fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities. [7] He earned degrees from Swarthmore College (BA), Harvard University (MA), and Yale University (PhD).

Barkan was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994, [8] and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2005. [9]

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References

  1. Leonard Barkan at Library of Congress
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  3. "Leonard Barkan: Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow – Class of Fall 2009 and Class of Spring 2010". American Academy in Berlin . Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  4. "Harry Levin Prize Citations". American Comparative Literature Association. Archived from the original on May 23, 2003.
  5. "PEN American Center – Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts Winners". Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  6. "Leonard Barkan is Visiting Scholar at the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School". www.fsgs.fu-berlin.de. Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012.
  7. "Fellows A-G". New York Institute for the Humanities . Retrieved August 27, 2021.
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