Hilton Obenzinger Explained

Hilton Obenzinger
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Occupation:	Poet
Alma Mater:	Columbia College Stanford University
Workplaces:	Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences

Hilton Obenzinger (born 1947 in Brooklyn) is an American novelist, poet, history and criticism writer.

Life

Obenzinger was born in Brooklyn in 1947, and raised in Queens. He graduated from Columbia University in 1969 and from Stanford University with a PhD in 1997. He was active in the Columbia University protests of 1968. He taught at the Yurok Indian reservation along the Klamath River in northern California, 1969–1970.He taught at Stanford University, where he is associate director of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

• 1982 American Book Award for This Passover or the next, I will never be in Jerusalem^[3]

Bibliography

• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. Witness: 2017-2020. 2021. Irene Weinberger Books. 9780990376798.
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. Treyf Pesach. 2017. Ithuriel's Spear. 978-1-943209-16-3.
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. How We Write: The Varieties of Writing Experience. Createspace. 2015. 9781517152604.
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. Busy Dying. 2008. Chax Press. 978-0-925904-73-7. ^[4]
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton . A*Hole. Soft Skull Press. 2004. 978-1-932360-46-2 .
• Book: Running Through Fire: How I Survived the Holocaust. Zosia Goldberg. Hilton Obenzinger. Mercury House. 2004. 978-1-56279-128-5. ^[5]
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton . American Palestine: Melville, Twain and the Holy Land Mania . Princeton University Press. 1999. 978-0-691-00973-5. ^[6]
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. Cannibal Eliot and the Lost Histories of San Francisco. Mercury House. 1993. 978-1-56279-047-9. ^[7]
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. New York on Fire. October 1989. Real Comet Press. 9780941104401. ^[8]
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. This Passover Or The Next I Will Never Be in Jerusalem. Momo's Press. 1980. 978-0-917672-12-5. ^[9]
• Book: Obenzinger, Hilton. Bright Lights! Big City! (early Poems). 1974. Adventures in Poetry.

External links

• • "Hilton Obenzinger", Columbia 1968

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hilton Obenzinger (faculty profile). Stanford University. June 8, 2020.
2. Web site: Hilton Bio. Hilton Obenzinger. 3 August 2014. June 8, 2020.
3. Web site: American Book Awards. Before Columbus Foundation. June 8, 2020.
4. Review of Busy Dying:
   • Lu. Chen. Prose Roundup. The Brooklyn Rail. April 2008.
5. Reviews of Running Through Fire:
   • News: So beautiful and young, finding ways to survive. Gabriella. Gershenson. April 18, 2004. San Francisco Chronicle.
   • News: Survivors memoirs recall close calls with death. Alix. Wall. April 23, 2004. J. The Jewish News of Northern California.
   • News: Washington Post. Anne. Bernays. May 30, 2004. Books.
   • News: Act like a gentile and live. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. John. Jacobs. September 12, 2004.
6. Reviews of American Palestine:
   • Vogel. Lester I.. December 1999. 4. American Jewish History. 23886237. 397–400. none. 87. 10.1353/ajh.1999.0046. 162383364.
   • Vöő. Gabriella. Fall 2000. 2. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies (HJEAS). 41274117. 305–307. none. 6.
   • Williams. Peter W.. December 2000. 10.2307/2675325. 3. The Journal of American History. 2675325. 1028–1029. none. 87.
   • Dolis. John. September 2001. 3. American Literature. 637–639. Review. 73. 10.1215/00029831-73-3-637. 160723874.
   • Nesmith. Chris L.. Winter 2001. 2. American Literary Realism. 27747024. 186–187. none. 33.
   • Bush. Harold K. Jr.. Winter 2001. 2. Christianity and Literature. 44312846. 362–363. none. 50. 10.1177/014833310105000224.
7. Reviews of Cannibal Eliot and the Lost Histories of San Francisco:
   • Fiction book review. Publishers Weekly.
   • Review. Kirkus Reviews.
8. Reviews of New York on Fire:
   • Nonfiction book review. Publishers Weekly.
   • News: Washington Post. Book report. David. Streitfeld. January 14, 1990.
   • Fresh harvest: New multicultural poetry by and about workers. Foster. Sesshu. Northwest Review. 28. 2. January 1990. 146–154.
9. Review of This Passover or the Next I will Never be in Jerusalem:
   • Edgecomb. Gabrielle Simon. February 1982. 10.2307/3011373. MERIP Reports. 3011373. 32–33. Moving history. 103. 103.