Alec Wilkinson

Alec Wilkinson
Born (1952-03-29) March 29, 1952 (age 72)
Mount Kisco, New York
Occupationwriter
EmployerThe New Yorker
Children1
RelativesLeland Wilkinson (brother)
Amie Wilkinson (niece)
AwardsRobert F. Kennedy Book Award

Alec Wilkinson (born March 29, 1952)[1] is an American writer who has been on the staff of The New Yorker since 1980.[2] According to The Philadelphia Inquirer he is among the "first rank of" contemporary American (20th and early 21st century) "literary journalists...(reminiscent) of Naipaul, Norman Mailer and Agee".[3]

  1. ^ "Alec Wilkinson". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors (Collection). Gale. 2011. ISBN 9780787639952. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Alec Wilkinson". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "The Bitter Lot of Sugar Cane Workers," Phillip Gourevitch, Sunday, October 1, 1989, p. 123.