Eva Alfreda Hoffman (Wydra)
Journalist, author
Born Jul. 1, 1945, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S., 1963; daughter of Boris and Maria (Burg).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Rice University, Houston (TX), 1967; Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1967-68; Master of Arts (M.A.), Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 1968-76.
Career: assistant prof., University of New Hampshire, Durham (NH), 1976-77, Tufts University, Medford (MA), 1977-78; editor, Politics Today, 1979-80, editor, department editor, The New York Times, 1980-90, New York City; free-lance writer, 1990 -.
Author: Lost in Translation: a Life in a New Language, 1989; Exit into History: A Journey through New Eastern Europe, 1993; numerous articles and reviews in: The New York Times, Commentary, Vogue, The Atlantic Monthly.
Member of: board member, PEN-Club; Authors' Guild.
Honors: fellowships, W. Wilson Foundation, 1967, Carnegie Mellon Foundation, 1978, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1985, Guggenheim Foundation, 1992; J. Stein Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1990.
Affiliation: Jewish
Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian
Hobbies: music
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996