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American writer and theater critic (born 1961)

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Hilton Als is an American journalist, theatre critic, writer, and exhibition curator born in New York City in 1961. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has worked for The New Yorker. Als has also been employed by Smith College and Columbia University, where he was educated. He resides in New York City and speaks English.

Als is an African American author whose works include Philosophy of Andy Warhol [50th Anniversary Edition], James VanDerZee, Gay Pride, An-My lê Small Wars, and Speedboat. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lambda Literary Award, the Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes, and the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His writing is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Person · Open Library

Works
51

Top works

  • Philosophy of Andy Warhol [50th Anniversary Edition]
  • James VanDerZee
  • Gay Pride
  • An-My lê Small Wars
  • Speedboat

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Québec
Active from
1984-07-28
hip hopunderground hip hop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
12

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Quotes

  • The damage suffered by people I know and love is almost always based on the trauma of the only elder they had treating them badly or being interested only in their silence. And what you’re left with, by the grace of God and some miracle, is this inner self. Our experiences are painful and sometimes annihilating, and if we have the strength to crawl out of and excavate that wreckage, we have to ask ourselves how to describe the truth of it.
  • I think I was just a very skinless person…And I had this terrible need to confess; and I still do it…It’s a bid to be loved, in some way.
  • In order to write anything profile-driven, I would become the person; and then I would analyse the person from within. Earlier, I would analyse them from without. But if I was going to write about him now, I would do it internally, so then it would be fiction.”
  • I think it means where the artist doesn’t necessarily have a full understanding of something, but they have deep empathy. They have some kind of amazing empathy with the characters in the world. I just think it means being openhearted and generous. I think that to be a conscious person is to sort through stuff in order to understand not just yourself but how you feel in the world.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Hilton Als (born 1960) in the video 'Hilton Als at the San Francisco Public Library'.png
Work location
New York City
Residence
New York City
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date of birth
1961-01-01
has written for
The New Yorker
ethnic group
African Americans
Commons category
Hilton Als
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