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Alexander Aciman

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Alexander Aciman
Born1990 (age 3536)
New York City, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Chicago
Occupations
  • Writer
  • journalist
  • screenwriter
Parents

Alexander Aciman (born 1990) is an American writer and journalist. His work has appeared in Tablet Magazine,[1] The New York Times, Vox, The New Republic, The New Yorker online, Time magazine,[2] and The Paris Review online. He is a graduate of The University of Chicago, and when he was a freshman co-authored Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less, published by Penguin Classics.

Early life

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Aciman is the son of writer André Aciman and Susan Wiviott, a non-profit executive. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago.[citation needed]

Career

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In spring 2009, Aciman and Emmett Rensin began turning books on their University of Chicago reading lists into short “tweets,” which became the basis for Twitterature.[3][4][5] He has also worked on the Netflix food documentary series Rotten as a screenwriter.[6]

Aciman has published journalism and essays in outlets including Tablet, Vox, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic.[7]

Personal life

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As of 2018, Aciman lived in New York City. He is fluent in French.[8] He has two brothers, Philip and Michael, who are twins.[9]

Works

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  • Aciman, Alexander; Rensin, Emmett (2009). Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less. Penguin Classics.

References

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  1. "Alexander Aciman". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. "Alexander Aciman". Time magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. Soric, Susan (4 January 2010). "Students' book transforms classics into 'tweets'". University of Chicago News. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. "Twitter entries satirize works of literature". Reuters. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  5. Hogan, Phil (1 November 2009). "Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter by Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  6. "Journalism Archives". Jewish Writers Institute. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  7. "To Be a German Jew in 1938 Was to Live in Disbelief". Tablet Magazine. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  8. Aciman, Alexander (January 16, 2018). "Can A Jew Love France?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  9. "'Call Me by Your Name' author: Don't be afraid of same-sex crushes". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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