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David Chanoff

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David Chanoff (born November 15, 1943, in Philadelphia) is an American author of non-fiction work. His work has typically involved collaborations with the principal protagonist of the work concerned. His collaborators have included Augustus A. White, Joycelyn Elders, Đoàn Văn Toại, William J. Crowe, Ariel Sharon, Kenneth Good and Felix Zandman, among others. He has also written about a wide range of subjects including literary history, education and foreign for The Washington Post, The New Republic and The New York Times Magazine.

Chanoff founded Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1968. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he taught English at Tufts University and Harvard University.[1]

In 2015, Chanoff's Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine, co-written with Louis W. Sullivan, won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography.[2]

Personal life

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Chanoff was born November 15, 1943, in Philadelphia to William and Golda (née Levin) Chanoff. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Johns Hopkins University in 1965, after which he attended Brandeis University, where he earned a Master of Arts in 1967 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1973.[1]

On February 18, 1968, Chanoff married Liisa Laikari. He has three children.[1]

Chanoff is ethically Jewish.[1]

Publications

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  • Toại, Đoàn Văn and David Chanoff. (1979). The Vietnamese Gulag, Simon & Schuster.[3]
  • Tảng, Trương Như, with David Chanoff and Đoàn Văn Toại. (1985). A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath, Vintage Books.[4]
  • Chanoff, David and Đoàn Văn Toại. (1986). Portrait of the Enemy, Random House.[5]
  • Chanoff, David and Đoàn Văn Toại. (1986). Vietnam: A Portrait of Its People at War, I.B. Tauris Publishers.[6]
  • Bui, Diem with David Chanoff. (1987). In the Jaws of History, Houghton Mifflin.[7]
  • Sharon, Ariel, with David Chanoff. (1989). Warrior: the autobiography of Ariel Sharon; New York : Simon and Schuster.[8]
  • Deforest, Orin and David Chanoff. (1990). Slow Burn: The Rise and Bitter Fall of American Intelligence in Vietnam, Houghton Mifflin.[9]
  • Good, Kenneth and David Chanoff. (1992). Into the heart: one man's pursuit of love and knowledge among the Yanomami, Ulverscroft.[10]
  • Crowe, William J. and David Chanoff. (1993). The line of fire: from Washington to the Gulf, the politics and battles of the new military, Simon & Schuster.[11]
  • Zandman, Felix and David Chanoff. (1995). Never the last journey: a Fortune 500 founder's life story from Holocaust survivor to victor on Wall Street, Shocken.[12]
  • Elders, M Joycelyn and David Chanoff. (1996). Joycelyn Elders, M.D.: from sharecropper's daughter to surgeon general of the United States of America, Morrow.[13]
  • Nuwere, Ejovi and David Chanoff. (2002). Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace, Morrow.[14]
  • Damone, Vic and David Chanoff. (2009). Singing Was the Easy Part, St. Martin's.[15]
  • White, Augustus A. and David Chanoff. (2011). Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care, Harvard University Press.[16]
  • Sullivan, Louis W., with David Chanoff. (2014). Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine, University of Georgia Press.
  • Chanoff, David and Louis W. Sullivan. (2022). We'll Fight It Out Here: A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity, Johns Hopkins University Press.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Chanoff, David 1943-". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  2. ^ Washington, Arlene (February 6, 2015). "2015 Image Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Vietnamese Gulag by David Chanoff, Doan Van Toai, Van Toai Doan". Publishers Weekly. 1986-06-01. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  4. ^ "A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath by David Chanoff, Truong Nhu Tang, Doan Van Toai". Publishers Weekly. 1986-03-12. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  5. ^ "Portrait of the Enemy by David Chanoff". Publishers Weekly. 1986-09-01. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  6. ^ "Vietnam by David Chanoff, Doan Van Toai". Publishers Weekly. 1996-07-29. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  7. ^ "In the Jaws of History". Kirkus Reviews. 1987-07-15. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  8. ^ "Warrior: The Autobiography of Ariel Sharon by Ariel Sharon". Publishers Weekly. 1989-09-01. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  9. ^ "Slow Burn". Kirkus Reviews. 1990-04-15. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  10. ^ "Into the Heart: One Man's Pursuit of Love and Knowledge Among the Yanomama by Kenneth Good". Publishers Weekly. 1991-01-01. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  11. ^ "Line of Fire: From Washington to Gulf, the Politics & Battles of New Military by William J. Crowe, Jr". Publishers Weekly. 1993-03-29. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  12. ^ "Never the Last Journey". Kirkus Reviews. 1995-04-15. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  13. ^ "Joycelyn Elders, M.D.: From Sharecropper's Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States... by M. Joycelyn Elders, Joycelyn Elders". Publishers Weekly. 1996-10-02. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  14. ^ "HACKER CRACKER: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace by Ejovi Nuwere". Publishers Weekly. 2002-09-02. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  15. ^ "Singing Was the Easy Part by Vic Damone". Publishers Weekly. 2009-04-13. Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  16. ^ "Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care by Augustus A White". Publishers Weekly. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
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