He directly engages our students to explore their own creative journeys and tackle complex topics in their writing. “Colum not only offers a critical and dynamic perspective. “We are honored to have accomplished educators like Colum McCann at Hunter College,” continued President Raab. Raab noted that Professor McCann is likely the only Jewish Book Award winner to have also won the Rooney Prize for Irish literature-“a true testament,” she added, “to a glowing international reputation that knows no borders.” The Irish-born McCann joins a remarkable list of distinguished authors-including Elie Wiesel, Deborah Lipstadt, and Chaim Potok-who have won the National Jewish Book Award. The New York Times called it “powerful and prismatic,” O hailed it as “virtuosic,” and the San Francisco Chronicle praised it as “dazzling and hypnotic.” McCann earned the honor for his latest novel, Apeirogon, which has won universal critical acclaim for its originality and bravura literary style, as well as for its nuanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Author Colum McCann, Hunter College Distinguished Lecturer of Creative Writing, has won the coveted 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction from the Jewish Book Council.
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