Nonfiction — Elif Batuman (Whiting Award 2010)Elif Batuman

Nonfiction — Elif Batuman (Whiting Award 2010)

Whiting Award · 2010 · Winner

Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2010Literary Fiction

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2010	Winner	“Nonfiction — Elif Batuman”

About This Book

Elif Batuman is recognized for her nonfiction — including The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them — for her intellectually adventurous blend of memoir and literary criticism. This record is a writer-level placeholder for her Whiting Award.

About the Author

Elif BatumanAmerican

Elif Batuman is an American novelist, journalist, and critic of Turkish heritage born in 1977. She studied comparative literature at Stanford University and Harvard. Her memoir The Possessed (2010) blended literary criticism with travel writing. Read more →