Amy Wilentz
Amy Wilentz | |
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| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti, I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger |
| Notable awards | National Book Critics Circle Award (autobiography) 2013 Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter From Haiti |
| Spouse | Nicholas Goldberg |
| Relatives | David T. Wilentz (grandfather) |
Amy Wilentz is an American journalist and writer. She is a professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, where she teaches Literary Journalism. Wilentz received a 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir, Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti, as well as a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship in General Nonfiction. Wilentz is The New Yorker's former Jerusalem correspondent and is a contributing editor at The Nation.