Robert Hamburger lives in New York City.
Professor at New Jersey City University 1986-1987 and 2002
Fulbright Senior Lecturer to India 1977, 1979, 1990
Writer in Residence at The MacDowell Colony 1989
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship 1980
Writer in Residence at The Ossabaw Island Project 1977-78
Fulbright Junior Lecturer to France
His books include:
Shiraz (XOXOX Press: Gambier, OH, 2006). A Passage Through India (Spuyten Duyvil: NY, 1998). Two Rooms: The Life of Charles Erskine Scott Wood (U. of Nebraska Press, 1998). All The Lonely People: Life In a Single Room Occupancy Hotel (Ticknor & Fields: New York, 1983). A Stranger in the House: Personal Narratives from Black Household Workers (Macmillan Publishing: New York, 1978)
His Assignments and Awards include:
2004-2009 Fulbright Senior Specialist 2002 Fulbright Senior Lecturer to India: American Studies 1999 Finalist: Best Western Nonfiction: Western Writers of America 1995-2001, 2004 Steering Committee and Writing Mentor: PEN Prison Writing Program 1994 Lecture Tour of Morocco: Sponsored by USIA and Moroccan American Fulbright Commission 1977, 1979, 1990 Writer in Residence at The MacDowell Colony 1989 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship 1989 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award: Creative Nonfiction 1986-87 Fulbright Senior Lecturer to …