Diane Ackerman




Diane Ackerman

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born
October 07, 1948

gender
female

place of birth
Waukegan, Illinois, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Science, Poetry


about this author

Diane Ackerman received her B.A. in English from Penn State and an M.F.A. and Ph.D. in English from Cornell University in 1978. Her dissertation advisor was Carl Sagan. From 1980 to 1983 she taught English at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has been married to novelist Paul West since 1970. She currently resides in Ithaca, New York. A collection of her manuscripts, writings and papers is housed at the Cornell University Library.
Ackerman's awards and honors include: a Guggenheim Fellowship, the John Burroughs Nature Award, and the Lavan Poetry Prize. She was named a "Literary Lion" by the New York Public Library, and a molecule ("dianeackerone") has been named after her.




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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War St... The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 3.47 — 4,181 ratings — published 2007
13 editions
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A Natural History of the Sense... A Natural History of the Senses
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 4.14 — 1,551 ratings — published 1990
12 editions
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A Natural History of Love A Natural History of Love
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 3.78 — 391 ratings — published 1994
9 editions
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An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel... An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 3.82 — 225 ratings — published 2004
5 editions
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The Moon by Whale Light and Ot... The Moon by Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians and Whales
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 4.14 — 148 ratings — published 1991
7 editions
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Cultivating Delight: A Natural... Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 3.91 — 99 ratings — published 2001
4 editions
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Deep Play Deep Play
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 3.76 — 75 ratings — published 1999
4 editions
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The Rarest of the Rare: Vanish... The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 4.02 — 54 ratings — published 1995
6 editions
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A Slender Thread A Slender Thread
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 3.86 — 51 ratings — published 1998
2 editions
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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New... Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems
by Diane Ackerman
avg rating 3.57 — 46 ratings — published 1991
3 editions
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"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
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"There's no place you can go on the prairie that you don't hear the white noise of the wind, steady and rough as surf curling along a non-existant shore."
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"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between."
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