Alexander Aciman (born 1990) is an American writer and journalist. His work has appeared in ''Tablet Magazine'', ''

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'' online. He is a graduate of

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, and when he was a freshman co-authored ''Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less'', published by

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Early life

Aciman is the son of writer

André Aciman André Aciman (; born 2 January 1951) is an Italian-American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where he teaches the history of litera ...

and Susan Wiviott, a non-profit executive. He has two brothers, Philip and Michael, who are twins. Aciman is a graduate of

Personal life

As of 2018, Aciman lives in

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. He is fluent in French.

References

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