Elif Batuman

Elif Batuman
Batuman, seated, shown from the waist up wearing red, looks to her right
Batuman in 2018
Born1977 (age 46–47)
New York City, US
Education
Occupations
  • Author
  • academic
  • journalist
Years active2006–present
Websiteelifbatuman.com

Elif Batuman (born 1977) is an American author, academic, and journalist.[1] She is the author of three books: a memoir, The Possessed, and the novels The Idiot, which was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Either/Or. Batuman is a staff writer for The New Yorker.

  1. ^ Kirsch, Adam (February 24, 2010). "A Comedian in the Academy". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved March 27, 2017.