Introduction
John Jeremiah Sullivan (born 1974) is an American writer and editor. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine, and southern editor of The Paris Review.
Biography
Sullivan was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Mike Sullivan, was sportswriter. He earned his degree in 1997 from The University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee.
His first book, Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son, was published in 2004. It is part personal reminiscence, part elegy for his father, and part investigation into the history and culture of the thoroughbred racehorse.
His second book, Pulphead: Essays (2011), is an anthology of fourteen previously published magazine articles, with most of them "in substantially different form" for the book.
Sullivan's essay "Mister Lytle: An Essay", originally published in The Paris Review, won a number of awards and was anthologized in Pulphead. Sullivan recounts how he lived with Andrew Nelson Lytle, when Lytle was in his 90s, helping him with house chores and learning some wisdom about writing and life.
Awards
- 2003 Eclipse Award, Blood Horses
- 2003 National Magazine Award, Feature Writing
- 2004 Whiting Award, Nonfiction
- 2011 National Magazine Award, Essays and Criticism, "Mister Lytle. An Essay" (The Paris Review)
- 2011 Pushcart Prize, Pushcart XXXV, "Mister Lytle. An Essay" (The Paris Review)
- 2015 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Non-Fiction) valued at $150,000
- "Prize Citation for John Jeremiah Sullivan". Windham–Campbell Literature Prize. February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.