Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans
Stavans at the 2015 Texas Book Festival.
Stavans at the 2015 Texas Book Festival.
BornIlan Stavchansky
1961 (age 62–63)
Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationAuthor
EducationJewish Theological Seminary
Columbia University
RelativesAbraham Stavans (father)

Ilan Stavans (born Ilán Stavchansky, 1961) is an American writer and academic. He writes and speaks on American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures. He is the author of Quixote (2015) and a contributor to the Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (2010). He was the host of the syndicated PBS show Conversations with Ilan Stavans, which ran from 2001 to 2006.