Jane Kramer (born August 7, 1938) is an American

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. She began her writing career at the ''

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'', moving to ''

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'' in 1964, where she remains a staff writer. Her books ''Allen Ginsberg in America'' (1969) and ''Honor to the Bride'' (1970)'','' based on her travels in Morocco, were developed from long-form ''New Yorker'' articles. Beginning in the 1970s, much of Kramer's reporting has been from various European locales, and since 1981 she has written a regular "Letter from Europe" for the ''New Yorker.'' Books based upon her European reporting include ''Europeans'' (1988) and ''The Politics of Memory'' (1996). Other books are ''The Last Cowboy'' (1977) and ''Lone Patriot'' (2003), the latter about a militia in the American West. Both books also explore downward mobility in America."Jane Kramer"
Robert S. Boynton. ''The New New Journalism''. Retrieved 2012-03-11.

Biography

Kramer was born in

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. She has an A.B. in English from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...

and an M.A. in English from

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. For the first paperback edition of ''The Last Cowboy'', Kramer received a 1981

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."National Book Awards – 1981"

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. Retrieved 2012-03-11. This was the award for paperback "General Nonfiction".
From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Awards history there were several nonfiction subcategories including General Nonfiction, with dual hardcover and paperback awards in most categories. Most of the paperback award-winners were reprints, including this one. Her other awards include an

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for documentary filmmaking,

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, Front Page Award, and the :fr:Prix européen de l'essai Charles Veillon. Kramer is a fellow of the

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, a member of the

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and a founding director of the

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. She has taught at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

Sarah Lawrence Sarah (born Sarai) is a Patriarchs (Bible)#Matriarchs, biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character simil ...

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, and the

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. Since 2006, Kramer has been a

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. In 2016, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Bibliography

Books

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Essays and reporting

* Discusses farming in the Périgord region, France, and attachment to the land. * Profiles cooks and food writers Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. * * * * * Title in the online table of contents is "Can this man save Italy?". ——————— ;Notes

References

External links

Biography
at Newnewjournalism.com

at the

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