Ilyon Woo Explained

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Ilyon Woo is a Korean American author. She won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

Education

Woo attended the public elementary school King Open School in Cambridge, Massachusetts alongside Imani Perry.[1] She graduated with a BA in the Humanities from Yale College in 1994.[2] She received her PhD in English from Columbia University in 2004.[3] [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.[6]

Her 2023 book , a history of the escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery, was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 by The New York Times,[7] one of the 100 must-read books of 2023 by Time,[8] and won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.[9]

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

Books

Notes and References

  1. News: Egan . Elisabeth . 2023-02-02 . They Crossed Paths in Second Grade. Now They're Best Sellers. . 2024-05-13 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  2. Web site: In print . 2024-05-13 . yalealumnimagazine.org . en.
  3. Web site: Barragán . Carlos . 2024-05-10 . School of the Arts Alumni Named Finalists in 2024 Pulitzer Prizes . 13 May 2024 . arts.columbia.edu.
  4. Web site: Ilyon Woo. albany.edu.
  5. Web site: Ilyon Woo's nonfiction lands on NYT's 10 best books of 2023. The Korea Herald.
  6. 2023-11-14 . 'Master Slave Husband Wife' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 . 2024-05-13 . Time . en.
  7. Web site: November 28, 2023 . The 10 Best Books of 2023 . The New York Times.
  8. The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 . 2024-05-13 . Time . en.
  9. Web site: 2024 Pulitzer Prizes.
  10. Web site: Exeter LitFest welcomes Ilyon Woo, the author of one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 . 2024-05-13 . Portsmouth Herald . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2024 Schedule of Events Newburyport Literary Festival . 2024-05-13 . en.
  12. Web site: August 14, 2010 . In 'The Great Divorce': A Mover Against The Shakers . May 15, 2024 . NPR.
  13. Web site: Fleeing Slavery in a Top Hat and Cravat. W. Caleb. McDaniel. January 15, 2023. The New York Times.
  14. Web site: 'Master Slave Husband Wife' details a couple's journey from slavery to freedom . January 18, 2023 . NPR.

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