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James Wood is a British writer, literary critic, and university teacher born in Durham in 1965. He was educated at Eton College, Jesus College, and the Chorister School. Wood holds citizenship in the United Kingdom and speaks English. He is married to Claire Messud.
He has worked for Harvard University, The Guardian, The New Republic, and The New Yorker. Wood is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society of Literature. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship. His notable works include *The Rain Islands*, *Democracy and the Will to Power*, *Tipple in the Deep*, and *Fanny*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 84
Top works
- The parable of the ten virgins, illustrated in six sermons
- The rain islands
- Democracy and the Will to Power
- Dissertatio medica, inauguralis, de actione et usu emeticorum
- Unto His Grace Her Majesty's High Commissioner, and the right honourable the estates of Parliament, the humble petition of Alexander Black, William Henderson, and James Wood, merchants in Edinburgh
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Wood
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Durham
- Spouse
- Claire Messud
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Chorister School
- Employer
- The New Yorker
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1965-11-01
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- different from
- James Wood
- has written for
- The New Yorker
- name in native language
- James Wood
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