Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild was born in New York City in 1942. His
first book, HALF THE WAY HOME: A MEMOIR OF FATHER AND SON,
was published in 1986. It was followed by THE MIRROR AT
MIDNIGHT: A SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNEY (1990) and THE UNQUIET
GHOST: RUSSIANS REMEMBER STALIN (1994). FINDING THE
TRAPDOOR: ESSAYS, PORTRAITS, TRAVELS won the 1998
PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award for the Art of the Essay.
Hochschild's books have been translated into five languages
and have won prizes from the Overseas Press Club of
America, the World Affairs Council, the Eugene V. Debs
Foundation, and the Society of American Travel Writers.
Three of his books - including KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST - have
been named Notable Books of the Year by THE NEW YORK TIMES
BOOK REVIEW and LIBRARY JOURNAL. KING LEOPOLD'S GHOST was
also awarded the 1998 California Book Awards gold medal for
nonfiction. Hochschild has also written for THE NEW YORKER,
HARPER'S MAGAZINE, THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, THE NEW
YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, MOTHER JONES (which he co-founded),
THE NATION, and many other magazines and newspapers. A
former commentator on National Public Radio's "All Things
Considered," he teaches writing at the Graduate School of
Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. In
1997-98 he was a Fulbright Lecturer in India. He lives in
San Francisco with his wife, Arlie, the sociologist and
author. They have two sons.
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Series
Books:American Midnight, September 2023
Paperback / e-Book
American Midnight, October 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, March 2012
Paperback / e-Book
To End All Wars, May 2011
Hardcover
Bury the Chains, January 2005
Hardcover
King Leopolds Ghost, October 1999
Paperback
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