André Aciman

André Aciman

02.01.1951 (73 years) (Alexandria, Egypt)

André Aciman (born 2 January 1951) is an American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where he teaches the history of literary theory and the works of Marcel Proust.He is the author of several novels, including Call Me by Your Name (winner, in the Gay Fiction category, of the 2007 Lambda Literary Award) and a 1995 memoir, Out of Egypt, which won a Whiting Award.Aciman previously taught creative writing at New York University and French literature at Princeton and Bard College.In 2009, he was Visiting Distinguished Writer at Wesleyan University.