1. Jay Parini was born on April 2,1948 and is an American writer and academic.
20 Facts About Jay Parini
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Jay Parini is known for novels, poetry, biography, screenplays and criticism.
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Jay Parini has published novels about Leo Tolstoy, Walter Benjamin, Paul the Apostle, Herman Melville, and a novelized memoir about his road trip with Jorge Luis Borges.
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Jay Parini graduated from Lafayette College in 1970 and was awarded a doctorate by the University of St Andrews in 1975.
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In 1976, Jay Parini co-founded the New England Review with Sydney Lea.
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Jay Parini is a member of the Board of Visitors of Ralston College, a liberal arts college in Savannah that was founded in February, 2010.
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Jay Parini has written nine novels, many of which are about the lives of literary icons, and narratives from his own personal life.
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Jay Parini's historical novel Benjamin's Crossing was a New York Times Notable Book of the year in 1997.
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Jay Parini's poems have appeared in a wide variety of magazines, including The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and Poetry.
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Jay Parini has published non-fiction books on a variety of subjects, including biographies of Robert Frost, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Gore Vidal and Jesus.
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Jay Parini's biography One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner was a New York Times Bestseller.
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Jay Parini is played by Fionn Whitehead alongside Luis Gnecco as Borges, Alan Cumming as Alastair Reid, and Peter Mullan as George Mackay Brown.
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Jay Parini is a regular contributor to various journals, websites and newspapers, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, CNN, The Daily Beast, The New York Times, and The Guardian.
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Jay Parini has written for GQ, The Nation, The Huffington Post, and Salon.
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Jay Parini has made numerous appearances on film, television and radio, including NPR, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, C-SPAN, and the BBC.
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Jay Parini is married to the writer and psychologist Devon Jersild; they have three sons.
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Jay Parini has won various fellowships and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1992.
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Jay Parini's novel Benjamin's Crossing was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1997.
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Jay Parini was awarded the John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Italian American Foundation in 2002.
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Jay Parini has received honorary degrees from Lafayette College, Sewanee: The University of the South, and the University of Scranton.