Jay Parini (born April 2, 1948) is an American writer and academic. He is known for novels, poetry, biography, screenplays and criticism. He has published novels about

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Walter Benjamin Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (; ; 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish mys ...

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, and

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Early life

Parini was born in

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, and brought up in

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. He graduated from

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...

in 1970 and was awarded a doctorate by the

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in 1975.

Academia

He taught at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

from 1975 to 1982, and has taught since 1982 at

Middlebury College Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. Founded in 1800 by Congregationalists, Middlebury was the first operating college or university in Vermont. The college currently enrolls 2,858 undergraduates from all ...

, where he is the D.E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing. In 1976, Parini co-founded the

New England Review The ''New England Review'' is an American quarterly literary magazine published by Middlebury College. It was established in 1978 by Sydney Lea and Jay Parini. From 1982 till 1990, the magazine was named ''New England Review & Bread Loaf Quart ...

with

Sydney Lea Sydney Lea (born December 22, 1942) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. He was the founding editor of the ''New England Review'' and was the Poet Laureate of Vermont from 2011 to 2015. Lea's writings focus the outdoor ...

. Parini was awarded a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

in 1993. He was the Fowler Hamilton Fellow at

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, in 1993–1994. He was a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the

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in 2005–2006. He is a member of the

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Ralston College Ralston College is an institution of higher education that offers in-person degree programs as well as online programs. It began its first in-person offering, an MA in the Humanities, in autumn of 2022 with the authority to grant degrees. Its first ...

, a

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that was founded in February, 2010.

Writing career

Novels

Parini has written eight novels, many of which are about the lives of literary icons, and narratives from his own personal life. His 1990 international best-selling novel ''

The Last Station ''The Last Station'' is a 2009 English-language German biographical drama film written and directed by Michael Hoffman, and based on Jay Parini's 1990 biographical novel of the same name, which chronicled the final months of Leo Tolstoy's life. ...

'' is about the final months of

. It was translated into over thirty languages, and adapted into an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-nominated film (''

'') starring

Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; born 26 July 1945) is an English actor. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is the only performer to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting in both the United States and the United Kingdom. ...

Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, inc ...

James McAvoy James McAvoy (; born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in '' The Near Room'' (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes ...

, and

Paul Giamatti Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor and film producer. He first garnered attention for his breakout role in '' Private Parts'' as Kenny "Pig Vomit" Rushton, leading to supporting roles in ''Saving Private R ...

. The film was released in December 2009. Parini's historical novel ''

Benjamin's Crossing ''Benjamin's Crossing'' is a 1996 historical novel written by Jay Parini about the Jewish critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin, and his escape over the Pyrenees from Nazi occupied France into Spain. It was a New York Times Notable Book of the ...

'' was a

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of the year in 1997. It is about the Jewish critic and philosopher

, and his escape over the

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from Nazi occupied France into Spain. Michael Lackey notes, "Parini brilliantly dramatizes one of Benjamin’s most important contributions to intellectual history, and it is this contribution that would pave the way for the biographical novel." '' The Passages of H.M.'' (2010) explores the literary great

. His most recent novel is ''The Damascus Road: A Novel of Saint Paul'' (2019).

Biographies

Parini's biography '' Robert Frost: A Life'' won the

Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize The Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize is a literary prize created in 1988 by the newspaper ''The Chicago Tribune''. It is awarded yearly in two categories: Fiction and Nonfiction. These prizes are awarded to books that "reinforce and perpetuate the v ...

for best non-fiction book of the year in 2000. He has also written biographies of

John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social ...

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of ...

, and

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

. His biography ''One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner'' was a

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. His biography of his longtime friend, the late

Gore Vidal Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual, and in his novels and ...

, ''Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal'' (Doubleday, October 2015), was called "A superbly personal biography that pulsates with intelligence, scholarship, and heart." by ''Kirkus Reviews.'' Parini figures prominently in the 2013 documentary film '' Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia.''

Non-fiction

He has published non-fiction books on a variety of subjects, including ''Theodore Roethke, an American Romantic'' (1980), ''Some Necessary Angels: Essays on Writing and Politics'' (1997), ''The Art of Teaching'' (2005), ''Why Poetry Matters'' (2008), '' Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America'' (2008), ''The Way of Jesus: Living a Spiritual and Ethical Life'' (2018), and ''Borges and Me: An Encounter'' (2020).

Poetry

His poems have appeared in a wide variety of magazines, including ''

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'', ''

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues ...

'', and ''

Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...

''. Parini's books of poetry include ''Singing in Time'' (1972), ''Anthracite Country'' (1982), ''Town Life'' (1988), ''House of Days'' (1998), ''The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems'' (2005), and ''New and Collected Poems: 1975 - 2015'' (2015).

Journalism and media appearances

Parini is a regular contributor to various journals, websites and newspapers, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

The Daily Beast ''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008. It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...

'', ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'', and ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' (U.K.). He has written for '' GQ'', ''

The Nation ''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper tha ...

'', ''

The Huffington Post ''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...

'', and ''

Salon.com ''Salon'' is an American politically progressive/liberal news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on U.S. politics, culture, and current events. Content and coverage ''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, including re ...

''. Parini has made numerous appearances on film, television and radio, including

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, and the

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Film

Based on his biography ''Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal'' (Doubleday, October 2015), Parini co-wrote the screenplay with director Michael Hoffman of the

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film ''

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'', starring

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as Vidal,

Michael Stuhlbarg Michael Stewart Stuhlbarg ( ; born July 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known as a character actor having portrayed a variety of roles in film, television and theatre. He has received several awards including two Screen Actors Guild Awards wi ...

as Vidal's gay lover

Howard Austen Howard Austen (born Howard Auster; January 28, 1929 – September 22, 2003) was the longtime companion of American writer Gore Vidal. They were together for 53 years, until Austen's death. Early life and career Austen was born into a working- ...

and

Douglas Booth Douglas John Booth (born 9 July 1992) is an English actor and musician. He first came to public attention following his performance as Boy George in the BBC Two film ''Worried About the Boy'' (2010). He also starred in the BBC adaptations of ' ...

as "Jamie", a fictional character created for the movie who is a young British writer. The film was filmed in 2017 and was originally due for release in 2018 but that release was cancelled in November 2017 after it was revealed in late October that Spacey had engaged in sexual misconduct. Almost all of Spacey's other projects at the time were either cancelled or had him recast (and in the case of ''

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'', even re-filmed with

replacing him as

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after filming of the original was already complete) owing to this revelation. With Devon Jersild, Parini adapted his historical novel ''

'' into a screenplay, which is currently in pre-production.

Iraq War protest

Parini, along with

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and

Galway Kinnell Galway Mills Kinnell (February 1, 1927 – October 28, 2014) was an American poet. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his 1982 collection, ''Selected Poems'' and split the National Book Award for Poetry with Charles Wright. From 1989 to 19 ...

, was invited to read his poetry at the

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in 2003. However, First Lady

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canceled the event after learning the poets were intending to protest against the

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. Noelia Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Bush said: “While Mrs. Bush respects the right of all Americans to express their opinions, she, too, has opinions and believes it would be inappropriate to turn a literary event into a political forum.” Parini responded: "For poets to remain silent at a time of national crisis is unconscionable," he said. Fellow poet

added: "Why be afraid of us, Mrs. Bush? You're married to a scarier fellow." Parini said it was naive for organizers to think he and other poets would check their politics at the door of an event sponsored by the first lady. In response to Mrs. Bush's decision, Parini joined a group of poets that took part in a reading on February 16, 2003, at the Congregational Church in Manchester, Vermont, called "A Poetry Reading in Honor of the Right to Protest as a Patriotic and Historical Tradition". The event was attended by over 700 people, and received national attention, bringing in over 50 reporters and warranting coverage by

and ''

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''. In 2010, Parini and

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debated religion, the invasion of Iraq, and the war on terror at the Pages & Places Book Festival in

, which drew more than 2,000 people.

Personal life

Parini is husband to the writer and psychologist Devon Jersild; they have three sons.

Awards

Parini has won various fellowships and awards, including a

in 1993. His novel ''

'' was a

of the year in 1997. Parini's '' Robert Frost: A Life'' won the

for best non-fiction book of the year in 2000. He was awarded the

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by the National Italian American Foundation in 2002. He has received

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from

, Sewanee: The University of the South, and the

University of Scranton The University of Scranton is a private Jesuit university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1888 by William O'Hara, the first Bishop of Scranton, as St. Thomas College. In 1938, the college was elevated to university status and took t ...

Works

*''Singing in Time'' (1972) poemsNoted in ''The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Last Year'', Harper Collins (UK), 1990, *''Theodore Roethke, an American Romantic'' (1979) criticism *''The Love Run'' (1980) novel *''Anthracite Country'' (1982) poems *''Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry'' (1985) editor with Robert Pack and

*''The Patch Boys'' (1986) novel *''An Invitation to Poetry'' (1987) *''The Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Short Stories'' (1987) editor with Robert Pack *''A Vermont Christmas'' (1988) *''Town Life'' (1988) poems *''The Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Essays'' (1989) editor with Robert Pack *''

: A Novel of Tolstoy's Last Year'' (1990) *''Richard Eberhart, New and Selected Poems'' 1930–1990 (1990) editor *''Writers On Writing'' (1991) with Robert Pack *''Bay of Arrows'' (1992) novel *''Gore Vidal: Writer Against the Grain'' (1992) editor *''Poems for a Small Planet: Contemporary American Nature Poetry'' (1993) editor with Robert Pack *''Columbia History of American Poetry'' (1994) editor *''Columbia Anthology of American Poetry'' (1995) editor *''John Steinbeck: A Biography'' (1995) *''American Identities: Contemporary Multicultural Voices'' (1996) editor with Robert Pack *''

'' (1996) novel *''Touchstones : American Poets on a Favorite Poem'' (1996) editor with Robert Pack *''Some Necessary Angels: Essays on Writing and Politics'' (1997) essays *''Beyond "The Godfather": Italian American Writers on the Real Italian American Experience'' (1997) editor with A. Kenneth Ciongoli *''House of Days'' (1998) poems *''The Norton Book of American Autobiography'' (1998) editor *''Introspections : American Poets on One of Their Own Poems'' (1998) editor with Robert Pack *'' Robert Frost: A Life'' (1999) *''American Writers'' (2000) editor, yearly volumes *''American Writers Classics I'' (2002) II (2004) *''The Apprentice Lover'' (2002) novel *''British Writers'' (2002) editor, yearly *''Contemporary Poetry Of New England ''(2002) editor with Robert Pack *''Passage to Liberty: The Story of Italian Immigration and the Rebirth of America'' (2002) with A. Kenneth Ciongoli *''British Writers Classics'' (2003) editor *'' The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature'' (2004) editor *''World Writers in English'' (2003) editor *''Anthony Quinn's Eye'' (2004) with

Donald Kuspit Donald Kuspit (born March 26, 1935) is an American art critic and poet, known for his practice of psychoanalytic art criticism. He has published on the subjects of avant-garde aesthetics, postmodernism, modern art, and conceptual art. Education ...

and

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* ''One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner'' (2005) * ''The Art of Teaching'' (2005) criticism *''The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems'' (2005) poems *''The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry'' (2005) editor * ''Why Poetry Matters'' (2008) criticism *'' Promised Land: Thirteen Books that Changed America'' (2008) criticism *'' The Passages of H.M.'' (2011) novel about

* ''Jesus: The Human Face of God'' (2013) biography *''Conversations with Jay Parini'' (2014) edited by Michael Lackey *''Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal'' (2015) biography *''New and Collected Poems 1975 - 2015'' (2016) poetry *''The Way of Jesus: Living a Spiritual and Ethical Life'' (2018) *''The Damascus Road: A Novel of Saint Paul'' (2019) novel *''Borges and Me: An Encounter'' (2020) memoir

References

External links

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Jay Parini: Vermont offers cozy sense of community for culture
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Guardian Profile of Jay Parini
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''Booknotes'' interview with Parini on ''Robert Frost: A Life'', September 12, 1999.
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