Hilton Als

Hilton Als
Born1960 (age 63–64)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • critic
EducationColumbia University
GenreTheatre criticism
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Criticism
National Book Critics Circle Award Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes

Hilton Als (born 1960) is an American writer and theater critic. He is a teaching professor at the University of California, Berkeley,[1] an associate professor of writing at Columbia University[2] and a staff writer and theater critic for The New Yorker.[3] He is a former staff writer for The Village Voice and former editor-at-large at Vibe magazine.

In June 2020, Als was named an inaugural Presidential Visiting Scholar at Princeton University for the 2020–2021 academic year.[4]

  1. ^ Hilton Als faculty page, Department of English, UC Berkeley.
  2. ^ Hilton Als faculty page, Columbia University School of the Arts.
  3. ^ "Hilton Als". The New Yorker.
  4. ^ "Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Hilton Als named Presidential Visiting Scholar at Princeton". Princeton University. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.