Korean American Author)
Ilyon Woo is an American author ofKorean descent . She won the 2024Pulitzer Prize for Biography .[ 1]
Woo attended the public elementary school King Open School inCambridge, Massachusetts alongsideImani Perry .[ 2] Yale College in 1994.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] PhD in English fromColumbia University in 2004.[ 6] [ 4] [ 5]
In 2010, Woo publishedThe 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.[ 7]
Her 2023 bookMaster Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Ellen and William Craft from slavery, was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2023 byThe New York Times [ 8] Time ,[ 9] Pulitzer Prize for Biography .[ 1]
Woo was also a featured author at the 2024Exeter Literature Festival[ 10] Newburyport Literary Festival.[ 11]
The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times . Atlantic Monthly Press, 2010.[ 12] Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom . 37 INK, 2023.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] ^a b "2024 Pulitzer Prizes" .^ Egan, Elisabeth (February 2, 2023)."They Crossed Paths in Second Grade. Now They're Best Sellers" .The New York Times .ISSN 0362-4331 . RetrievedMay 13, 2024 . ^ "In print" .yalealumnimagazine.org . RetrievedMay 13, 2024 .^a b "Ilyon Woo" .albany.edu .^a b "Ilyon Woo's nonfiction lands on NYT's 10 best books of 2023" .The Korea Herald . November 30, 2023.^ Barragán, Carlos (May 10, 2024)."School of the Arts Alumni Named Finalists in 2024 Pulitzer Prizes" .arts.columbia.edu . RetrievedMay 13, 2024 . ^ " .Time . November 14, 2023. RetrievedMay 13, 2024 .^ "The 10 Best Books of 2023" .The New York Times . November 28, 2023.^ "The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023" .Time . RetrievedMay 13, 2024 .^ "Exeter LitFest welcomes Ilyon Woo, the author of one of the 10 Best Books of 2023" .Portsmouth Herald . RetrievedMay 13, 2024 .^ "2024 Schedule of Events | Newburyport Literary Festival" . RetrievedMay 13, 2024 .^ "In 'The Great Divorce': A Mover Against The Shakers" . NPR. August 14, 2010. RetrievedMay 15, 2024 .^ McDaniel, W. Caleb (January 15, 2023)."Fleeing Slavery in a Top Hat and Cravat" .The New York Times . ^ " .Morning Edition .NPR . January 18, 2023.^ Miller, Stuart (January 16, 2023)."They posed as master and slave: The dramatic escape story behind a pathbreaking book" Los Angeles Times
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography from 1917–2022
1917–1925 1926–1950 1951–1975 1976–2000 2001–2025
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