Robert Grudin

American writer
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IntroAmerican writer
PlacesUnited States of America
isWriter Novelist Philosopher
Work fieldLiterature Philosophy
Gender
Male
Birth11 March 1938, Newark
Age86 years
The details

Biography

Robert Grudin (born 1938) is an American writer and philosopher.

Life

Grudin graduated from Harvard, and earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship for 1992-1993. Until 1998 he was a professor of English at the University of Oregon. He has written about many political and philosophical themes including liberty, determinism, and several others.

Career

Grudin is the author of the metafictional novel Book. He also wrote Mighty Opposites: Shakespeare and Renaissance Contrariety, The Grace of Great Things: Creativity and Innovation, On Dialogue: An Essay in Free Thought, Time and the Art of Living, The Most Amazing Thing, and, most recently, American Vulgar: The Politics of Manipulation Versus the Culture of Awareness.

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