Education
He graduated from Oberlin College, from Boston University with an Master of Arts, and from University of Michigan, with an Master of Fine Arts.
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Donovan Hohn
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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. A former English teacher, and a former senior editor of Harper"s Magazine, he was also the features editor of Gentlemen’s Quarterly. His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Outside, and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Volume
Achievements
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2013 Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Journalism 2013 Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/John Kenneth Galbraith Award (runner-up) 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.
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Hopwood Award; Whiting award 2013 Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Journalism 2013 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award (runner-up) 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 The Hopwood are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood.Hopwood Award; Whiting award 2013 Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Journalism 2013 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award (runner-up) 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 The Hopwood are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, founded by Avery Hopwood.