Nicolaia Rips

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Nicolaia Rips
Born
Nicolaia Anna Rips

(1998-08-19) August 19, 1998 (age 26)
New York City, United States
EducationBrown University
OccupationWriter

Nicolaia Anna Rips (born August 19, 1998) is an American journalist and memoirist. [1]

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Early life and education

Rips was born in New York City, the daughter of Michael Rips (a writer and lawyer) and Sheila Berger (an artist and former model). [2] [1] [3] Her godmother is model Paulina Porizkova. She attended Laguardia High School for Music and then Brown University. She grew up in the Chelsea Hotel.

Career

Her articles and essays [4] have appeared in The New York Times, Vogue , Interview Magazine and The Paris Review. She is the author of Trying to Float, a memoir about her childhood in New York's Chelsea Hotel. [2] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Green, Penelope (16 July 2016). "Childhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 Lawrence, Vanessa (13 July 2016). "Meet 17-Year Old Nicolaia Rips, the Eloise of the Chelsea Hotel". W Magazine. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. "TRYING TO FLOAT: COMING OF AGE IN THE CHELSEA HOTEL". Kirkus Reviews. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. "Why Is Gen Z So Obsessed With Fran Lebowitz? In CULTURED's Winter Cover Story, Author Nicolaia Rips Investigates". www.culturedmag.com. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-17.