Hilma Wolitzer

Hilma Wolitzer is a recipient of Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and a Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. She has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, New York University, Columbia University, and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

The Long and the Short of It: Hilma Wolitzer on Returning to Short Fiction in Her 90s

“To publish a collection of short stories in my 90’s seems miraculous to me.”

November 2, 2022 By Hilma Wolitzer

The Ironic Twist of Age: What It’s Like to Keep Writing at 91

Hilma Wolitzer on Finding Creative Drive Later in Life

December 2, 2021 By Hilma Wolitzer

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