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Donovan Hohn

American author, essayist, and editor (born 1972) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Donovan Hohn (born May 29, 1972 San Francisco) is an American author, essayist, and editor.

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Donovan Hohn is the author of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them, the tale of the Friendly Floatees. He was raised in San Francisco. He graduated from Oberlin College, from Boston University with an MA, and from University of Michigan, with an MFA.[1]

A former English teacher and a former senior editor of Harper's Magazine, he was also the features editor of GQ. His work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Magazine,[2] Outside,[3] and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2.[4]

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Awards

Works

Books

  • Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them (2011)

Essays

  • "A Romance of Rust", Harper's (January 2005)
  • "Moby-Duck", Harper's (January 2007)
  • "Falling", Harper's (April 2008)
  • Hohn, Donovan (June 22, 2008). "Sea of Trash". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  • "Monsterwellen", Outside Magazine (Jan. 2009)

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