Bruce Holsinger

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Bruce Holsinger is an American author, novelist, and academic literary scholar. He is a professor of English at the University of Virginia, specializing in medieval literature and modern critical thought. Holsinger's work often bridges his academic interests with his fiction, which is frequently set in medieval England. He is also the editor of the journal 'New Literary History'.

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Awards

['John Nicholas Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of America, 2005', 'MLA Prize for a First Book, 2002', 'Philip Brett Award from the American Musicological Society, 2001', 'John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship', 'Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies', 'National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship', 'Colorado Book Award for The Gifted School', 'John Hurt Fisher Prize for A Burnable Book']

Notable Works

['A Burnable Book', 'The Invention of Fire', 'The Gifted School', 'The Displacements', 'Culpability', 'On Parchment: Animals, Archives, and the Making of Culture from Herodotus to the Digital Age']