Paul Zweig

Paul Zweig (July 14, 1935 – August 29, 1984) was an American poet, memoirist, and critic known for his study on Walt Whitman.[1][2]

Paul Zweig
Born(1935-07-14)July 14, 1935
Brooklyn, New York
DiedAugust 29, 1984(1984-08-29) (aged 49)
Paris, France
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of Paris (PhD)
Occupation(s)Critic, poet, professor
EmployerQueens College, City University of New York

Biography

Zweig was born in Brooklyn on July 14, 1935, and was raised in a middle-class Jewish family in Brighton Beach. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School,[3] entered Columbia University to study engineering but switched to literature after taking a class with Lionel Trilling. He received his B.A. from Columbia in 1956 and M.A. in 1958.[4] He lived in France and studied at the University of Paris, earning his PhD in comparative literature before returning to the United States in 1966.[3]

Zweig taught at Columbia and Queens College and served as chair of its department of comparative literature in alternate years.[1] He also reviewed works of poetry, criticism, and fiction for The New York Review of Books.[1]

Zweig received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1976 and was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography in 1984 for his study on Walt Whitman.[5][6] He was posthumously named a Finalist of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990.[7]

In 1984, Zweig died of lymphatic cancer at age 49 in the American Hospital of Paris.[2]

References
  1. "Paul Zweig, Poet and Critic Praised for Whitman Study". The New York Times. August 31, 1984. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  2. Siegel, Lee (June 18, 2006). "Paul Zweig's Journeys Into the Self". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  3. Columbia College today. New York, N.Y.: Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. 1985 – via Columbia University Libraries.
  4. Columbia College today. New York, N.Y.: Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. 1957 – via Columbia University Libraries.
  5. "Paul Zweig". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  6. "1984 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography/Autobiography Winner and Nominees". Awards Archive. March 28, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  7. "Finalist: Selected and Last Poems, by Paul Zweig (Wesleyan University Press)". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
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