André Aciman
Italian-American writer and professor · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1951 · age 75
André Aciman is an Italian-American writer. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently a distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he teaches the history of literary theory and the works of Marcel Proust.
André Aciman is read about 233 times a day, in 24 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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, Later!" The word, the voice, the attitude. I'd never heard anyone use "later" to say goodbye before.
He was waiting for me to say something. He was staring at me. This, I think, is the first time I dared myself to stare back at him.
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Aciman previously taught creative writing at New York University and French literature at Princeton University and Bard College.
