Donovan Hohn
Donovan Hohn 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, the tale of the Friendly Floatees. 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.A former English teacher and a former senior editor of Harper's Magazine, he was also the features editor of GQ. His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Outside, and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2.
Awards
- 2013 Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Journalism
- 2013 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award in General nonfiction
- 2010 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship
- 2008 Whiting Award
- 2004 Hopwood Award for Essay
- 2003 Hopwood Award for Poetry
Works
Books
- ''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''
Essays
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