Jean Hanff Korelitz is a novelist, essayist, and playwright who was born and raised in New York City. She studied at Dartmouth College and Clare College, Cambridge. She has authored six novels with two more forthcoming and co-adapted James Joyce’ The Dead into a theatrical event with poet and MacDowell Fellow Paul Muldoon (88, 89). Korelitz founded BOOKTHEWRITER, a New York-based service that offers pop-up groups where readers and authors can discuss literature. She currently lives in New York City with her husband, Paul and their two children.
Discipline:
Theatre – playwriting, Literature – fiction
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Discipline:
Theatre – playwriting, Literature – fiction
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1988, 1989
Studios
Watson
Jean Hanff Korelitz worked in the Watson studio.
Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…