1. Dara Horn was born on 1977 and is an American novelist, essayist, and professor of literature.
11 Facts About Dara Horn
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Dara Horn has written five novels and in 2021, released a nonfiction essay collection titled People Love Dead Jews, which was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in nonfiction.
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Dara Horn won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award in 2002, the National Jewish Book Award in 2003,2006, and 2021, and the Harold U Ribalow Prize in 2007.
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Dara Horn attended Millburn High School and was co-captain of the Quiz Bowl team.
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Dara Horn's mother, Susan, was an English teacher with a Ph.
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When Dara Horn was 14, she won a trip to Poland and Israel in a quiz competition about Israeli history, and then wrote an essay about her trip for Hadassah Magazine that was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 1993.
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Dara Horn finished her master's degree in Hebrew literature at Cambridge University.
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Dara Horn taught classes in Jewish literature and Israeli history at Sarah Lawrence College and the City University of New York.
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Dara Horn held the Weinstock visiting professorship in Jewish Studies at Harvard, teaching Yiddish and Hebrew literature.
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Dara Horn has been a contributor to the New York Times and The Atlantic.
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Dara Horn released her first nonfiction book, People Love Dead Jews, in 2021.