Donovan Hohn
Donovan Hohn (born San Francisco) is an American author, essayist, and editor.
Life
Donovan Hohn is the author of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them[1]. He was raised in San Francisco. He graduated from Oberlin College, from Boston University with an MA, and from University of Michigan, with an MFA.[2]
A former English teacher, and a former senior editor of Harper's Magazine.[3], he is now the features editor of GQ. His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Magazine[4], Outside[5], and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2[6].
Awards
- 2010 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
- 2008 Whiting Writers' Award
- 2004 Hopwood Award for Essay
- 2003 Hopwood Award for Poetry
Works
- Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them(2011) [7]
- Hohn, Donovan (June 22, 2008). "Sea of Trash". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/magazine/22Plastics-t.html. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- "Monsterwellen", Outside Magazine, January 2009
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