Nona Balakian
Nona Balakian | |
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Born | September 4, 1918 |
Died | August 12, 1991 | (aged 72)
Nationality | Armenian-American |
Occupation | Literary Critic |
Known for | Editor at the New York Times Sunday Book Review, founder of the National Book Critics Circle |
Relatives | Grigoris Balakian (granduncle) Anna Balakian (sister) Peter Balakian (nephew) |
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Nona Balakian (Constantinople, September 4, 1918 - New York City, April 5, 1991) was a literary critic and an editor at the New York Times Sunday Book Review.[1] She served on the Pulitzer Prize committee and was a board member of the Authors Guild and the Pen Club as well as a founder of the National Book Critics Circle, whose Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing is named for her.[2][3]
She and her sister, Anna Balakian, a literary critic and professor at New York University who died in 1997, were members of a literary circle that also included the playwright William Saroyan and the diarist Anaïs Nin.[4] In 1981 Nona Balakian won Rockefeller grant for her work on William Saroyan.[5][6] The Balakian sisters were the grandnieces of the archbishop and Armenian genocide survivor Grigoris Balakian and the aunts of the poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian.[7]
Bibliography[]
- Nona Balakian (1948). Arveste: new writing, New York: Armenian Students' Association
- Nona Balakian (1958). The Armenian-American writer: a new accent in American fiction. New York: Armenian General Benevolent Union. ASIN B002J7S1F8
- Nona Balakian; Charles Simmons (1973). The Creative Present. Notes on contemporary American fiction. New York: Gordian Press. ISBN 8775215810, 978-8775215812
- Nona Balakian (1978). Critical encounters: Literary views and reviews, 1953-1977, Bobbs-Merrill, ISBN 0672523418, 978-0672523410
- Nona Balakian (1991). Critical Encounters: Literary Views and Reviews. New York: Ashod Press. ISBN 0935102280, 978-0935102284
- Nona Balakian (1998). The world of William Saroyan. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press. ISBN 083875368X, 9780838753682
References[]
- ^ Glueck, Grace (1991-04-08). "Nona Balakian, 72, Retired Book Critic And Editor for Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "About". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ Grace Glueck (August 15, 1997). "Anna Balakian, 82, a Professor of Comparative Literature". The New York Times. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ "The Presidents' review and annual report 1981" (PDF). The Rockefeller Foundation. 1981.
- ^ "Editor Nona Balakian wins Rockefeller grant for Saroyan work". The Armenian Reporter. Vol. 14, no. 34 (June 11, 1981): 13. 1981-06-11.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Peter Balakian, Black Dog of Fate (BasicBooks, 1997), family tree on two unnumbered pages (several pages before page 1)
- American writers of Armenian descent
- American literary critics
- Women literary critics
- People from Istanbul
- Turkish people of Armenian descent
- Armenian genocide survivors
- 1918 births
- 1991 deaths