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Eva Hoffman


Born
in Kraków, Poland
July 01, 1945

Genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction


Eva Hoffman is a writer and academic. She was born Ewa Wydra July 1, 1945 in Cracow, Poland after her Jewish parents survived the Holocaust by hiding in the Ukraine. In 1959, during the Cold War, the thirteen years old Eva, her nine years old sister "Alinka" and her parents immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, where her name has been changed to Eva. Upon graduating from high school she received a scholarship and studied English literature at Rice University, Texas in 1966, the Yale School of Music (1967-68), and Harvard University, where she received a Ph.D. in English and American literature in 1974.

Eva Hoffmann has been a professor of literature and creative writing at various institutions, such as Columbia University, the University of Minne ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 6,562 ratings · 825 reviews · 69 distinct works • Similar authors
Lost in Translation: A Life...
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Shtetl: The Life and Death ...
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Time: Big Ideas, Small Books
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Appassionata
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After Such Knowledge: Memor...
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Exit Into History: A Journe...
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The Secret
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Das Grab des Neferrenpet ge...
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“Sometimes I long to forget… It is painful to be conscious of two worlds.”
― Eva Hoffman, Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language
tags: agony, awareness, consciousness, expatriate, memory, translation, two-worlds
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“Laughter is the lightning rod of play, the eroticism of conversation.”
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“A woman should love with her mind. Let men love with their hearts.”
― Eva Hoffman, Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language
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