Korelitz Biography
Jean Hanff Korelitz is an essayist, dramatist, theatrical producer, and novelist fromthe United States who founded BOOKTHEWRITER in 2013, a New York City-based company that hosts “Pop-Up Book Groups” in private homes with well-known writers.
How old is Hanff Korelitz? – Age
Born Jean Hanff Korelitz, the novelist and playwright is 63 years old as of 16 May 2024. She was born in 1961 in New York, New York, United States.
Hanff Korelitz Family
Born to Jewish parents, Korelitz grew up in New York City.
Where did Hanff Korelitz go to college? – Education
Following her English degree from Dartmouth College, she studied at Clare College, Cambridge, where she was granted the Chancellor’s Gold Medal. In order to collaborate with The Irish Repertory Theatre on The Dead, 1904, an immersive theatrical version of James Joyce’s short tale “The Dead,” Korelitz and her sister Nina Korelitz Matza founded Dot Dot Productions, LLC in 2015.
Hanff Korelitz Husband – Children
While residing in England, Korelitz met Irish poet Paul Muldoon. The pair married on August 30, 1987, and has two children, Dorothy, born in 1992 and Asher, born in 1999.
The White Rose
The White Rose, Korelitz’s third book, moved the characters and storyline of Richard Strauss’ opera Der Rosenkavalier to New York City in the 1990s. Writer Elizabeth Judd rated The White Rose “a significant step forward” after reading Korelitz’s earlier legal thrillers, calling it “incisive and urbane… (hearkening) back to the gender confusions of Shakespeare’s comedies” in The New York Times Book Review.
The academic aspects of Sophie and Marian’s life were described as “spot-on” by Anthony Giardina, who reviewed the book for the San Francisco Chronicle. However, Giardina found that Oliver’s persona was not always convincing.Barbara Fisher, a reviewer for The Boston Globe, stated: “This lighthearted novel’s humorous storyline conceals a deeper topic.After experimenting with self-delusion, disguises, and cross-dressing, the protagonists joyfully win self-knowledge.”
The Latecomer
Celadon Books released Korelitz’s seventh book, The Latecomer, on May 31, 2022. The Latecomer, a literary work with a leisurely build described as such, centers on the Oppenheimer family, an affluent family living in New York, whose lives are turned upside down when a fourth unexpected sibling arrives. The book might be turned into a television series by Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Kristen Campo, according to reports in February 2022.
The Devil and Webster
The Devil and Webster, Korelitz’s sixth book, was released by Grand Central Publishing in March 2017. Naomi Roth is a feminist researcher and the first female president of Webster College in Central Massachusetts. She was once a VISTA volunteer in Goddard, New Hampshire. Webster College is a liberal arts college renowned for its left-leaning and activist undergraduate population. It is similar to Wesleyan University and Dartmouth College in several aspects.
The denial of tenure to an African-American anthropology professor sets off student protests in the Webster community, reflecting the turbulence of previous years. Roth’s daughter Hannah, a sophomore at Webster, finds that her experience as an activist has not equipped her to handle the demonstration, which swiftly gets out of hand. As Maureen Corrigan put it on NPR’s Fresh Air, it’s “a smart, semi-satire about the reign of identity politics on college campuses today.”
Admission
Published in April 2009, Admission was reviewed by a high school student in The New York Times Education supplement, drawing comparisons between the heroine’s mid-life crisis and the college application process. The book received an A− grade from Entertainment Weekly, which described it as “that rare thing in a novel: both juicy and literary, a genuinely smart read with a human, beating heart.”
Malcolm Ritter of the Huffington Post praised the “atmosphere and details” of the admissions office setting in his assessment. “That’s fascinating for us who’ve gotten good or bad news from colleges for which we yearned, or shepherded ambitious children through the gauntlet of the application process.” The novel received criticism for its “improbable love story” and “wooden monologues” from The Wall Street Journal. Screenwriter Karen Croner adapted Admission for Tina Fey’s film of the same name in 2013.
A Jury of Her Peers and The Sabbathday River
Kirkus referred to Korelitz’s debut book, A Jury of Her Peers, as “a monstrous-conspiracy wolf in legal-intrigue clothing.” It was a legal thriller about a Legal Aid attorney who discovers a jury manipulation scheme. Her second book, The Sabbathday River, took the storyline of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and set it in a small town close to Hanover, New Hampshire. It also told the story of an infanticide case and the trial that followed.
The Plot
A branch of Macmillan, The Plot is Korelitz’s sixth book, which was released in spring 2021 by Celadon Books. The story revolves around Jacob Finch Bonner, an unsuccessful writer who appropriates the plot of his late student’s unfinished book. The resultant book becomes a publishing sensation, but the writer starts getting letters from someone claiming to know exactly what he accomplished. Actor Mahershala Ali signed on to star in a limited series adaptation of The Plot, it was reported in late 2021.