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Hilton Als (born 1960) is an American writer and theater critic who writes for ''The New Yorker'' magazine. Als is a former staff writer for ''The Village Voice'' and former editor-at-large at ''Vibe'' magazine. ==Background and career== Als was born in New York City, with roots in Barbados.〔(aalbc.com. )〕 His 1996 book ''The Women'' focuses on his mother (who raised him in Brooklyn), Dorothy Dean, and Owen Dodson, who was a mentor and lover of Als.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 In the book, Als explores his identification of the confluence of his ethnicity, gender and sexuality, moving from identifying as a "Negress" and then an "Auntie Man", a Barbadian term for homosexuals.〔 His 2013 book ''White Girls'' continued to explore race, gender, identity in a series of essays about everything from the AIDS epidemic to Richard Pryor's life and work. Als received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2000 for creative writing and the 2002–03 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.〔〕 In 2004 he won the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin, which provided him half a year of free working and studying in Berlin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hilton Als - Holtzbrinck Fellow, Class of Fall 2004 )〕 He has taught at Smith College, Wesleyan, and Yale University, and his work has also appeared in ''The Nation'', ''The Believer'', and the ''New York Review of Books''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hilton Als」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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