Alexander Aciman
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| Born | 1990 (age 35–36) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | University of Chicago |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Aciman, Alexander; Rensin, Emmett (2009). Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less. Penguin Classics.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Alexander Aciman". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ↑ "Alexander Aciman". Time magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ↑ Soric, Susan (4 January 2010). "Students' book transforms classics into 'tweets'". University of Chicago News. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ "Twitter entries satirize works of literature". Reuters. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Journalism Archives". Jewish Writers Institute. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ "To Be a German Jew in 1938 Was to Live in Disbelief". Tablet Magazine. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
- ↑ Aciman, Alexander (January 16, 2018). "Can A Jew Love France?". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ↑ "'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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