Born: 9-Jan-1955
Birthplace: New Haven, CT

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Occupation: Critic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Quirky New York Times book critic

Father: Shizuo Kakutani (mathematician, b. 28-Aug-1911, d. 17-Aug-2004)

    University: BA English, Yale University (1976)

    Pulitzer Prize for Criticism 1998
    The New York Times 1979, Literary Critic (1983-)
    Time Writer (1977-79)
    The Washington Post Reporter (1976-77)

Author of books:
The Poet at the Piano: Portraits of Writers, Filmmakers, Playwrights, and Other Artists at Work (1988)

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