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Stéphane Gerson

Stephane Gerson
Stéphane Gerson is a cultural historian and a professor of French studies at New York University. He has won several awards, including the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History and the Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies. He lives in Manhattan and Woodstock, New York, with his family. Visit his website at DisasterFalls.com.


Writing to Survive: A Father on the Death of His Young Son

"I write to stop roaming the streets."
February 17, 2017  By Stéphane Gerson
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