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This is a list of arts-related alumni from the University of Michigan.

Belles lettres

  • Daniel Aaron (BA 1933) “…may be the most eminent living critic of American literature and culture.” He is the author of many articles and books, including, Men of Good Hope: A Story of American Progressives, The Unwritten War: Writers of the Civil War and, with Richard Hofstadter and William Miller, The Structure of American History, all books that have appeared in numerous editions.
  • Max Apple, (BA 1963). Author of: The Oranging of America (1976, short stories), Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right (1978, novel), Three Stories (1983, short stories), Free Agents (1984, novel), The Propheteers: A Novel (1987, novel), Roommates: My Grandfather's Story (1994, biography, of Apple's grandfather)
  • Sven Birkerts, (A.B. 1973), Essayist and author of The Gutenberg Elegies
  • John Ciardi (M.A. 1939), Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Blue Skies.
  • Mary Gaitskill, Bad Behavior (1988), Two Girls, Fat and Thin (1991), Because They Wanted To (1997) (stories), Veronica (2005).
  • Judith Guest, 1959, wrote Ordinary People.
  • Aaron Hamburger (B.A. 1995) (born 1973) is an American writer best known for his short story collection The View from Stalin's Head (2004) and novel Faith for Beginners (2005). The View from Stalin's Head was awarded the Rome Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy in Rome. His next book, Faith for Beginners, is a novel about a dysfunctional family vacation in Jerusalem, and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
  • Robert Hayden, (MA 1944), Professor of Poetry 1969-1980.
  • James Avery Hopwood, (AB 1905), playwright, established the U-M Hopwood Awards (won by Arthur Miller and Lawrence Kasdan, q.v.)
  • Jane Kenyon, (B.A 1970, M.A. 1972), poet and wife of former Michigan Professor Donald Hall, U.S. Poet Laureate.
  • Elizabeth Kostova, (M.F.A. 2004), writer
  • David Levering Lewis (MDNG) is an American historian and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, for part one and part two of his biography of W.E.B. Du Bois (in 1994 and 2001, respectively). He is the first author to win two Pulitzer Prizes for biography for back-to-back volumes. When the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, Lewis attended Booker T. Washington High School until his early admission on scholarship to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1956. Lewis briefly attended the University of Michigan Law School, then transferred to Columbia University where he earned his M.A. in history in 1959. MacArthur Foundation award winner.
  • Janet Malcolm, 1955, was a writer for The New Yorker and wrote In the Freud Archives.
  • Thomas McGuane (MDNG), novelist
  • Arthur Miller, (AB 1938), playwright, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, and erstwhile husband of Marilyn Monroe
  • Howard Moss, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Selected Poems in 1971.
  • Patrick O'Keeffe, (MFA), winner of the Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing for Above the Bar. (administered by the Hopwood Program) and instructor in the University of Michigan's Sweetland Writing Center has won the 2006 Story Prize, the richest U.S. prize for short fiction, for The Hill Road, a collection of four novellas set in a fictional Irish farming village. O'Keeffe's writing has been compared to the Irish short-story and novel writer William Trevor. Mr. O'Keeffe received the 2006 Whiting Writers Award at a ceremony Oct. 25 at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City
  • Frank O’Hara, (M.A. 1951). Author of: A City Winter and Other Poems,Oranges: 12 pastorals, Second Avenue, Odes, Lunch Poems. Love Poems.
  • Susan Olasky, (AB 1972), author.
  • Susan Orlean, (AB 1976), wrote The Orchid Thief. The book was made into the movie Adaptation.
  • Marge Piercy, (AB 1957), wrote Braided Lives and Fly Away Home. Hopwood Program award winner.
  • Theodore Roethke, (A.B. 1929) Poet and winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for his collection The Waking
  • Allen Seager, author, Amos Berry and A Frieze of Girls
  • Betty Smith, (1921-22, 1927, 1931), author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • James Tobin, (1978, MA 1979, PhD 1986), wrote To Conquer the Air, Ernie Pyle's War, and Great Projects.
  • Elizabeth Wolfram, 2004, classical archaeologist.
  • Ronald Wallace
  • Nancy Willard(BA, Ph.D).In 1982, she received the Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake's Inn.
  • Edmund White, (AB 1962), wrote for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.
  • Stewart Edward White,(Ph.D., 1895; M.A., 1903). Author

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Arts and entertainment

Directors/producers/screenwriters

  • John Briley, (BA 1951, MA 1952), was a screenwriter/novelist of “Gandhi.”
  • Herbert Brodkin, (BA 1924), was a TV producer for The Defenders, Playhouse 90, Sakharov, Skokie and Holocaust.
  • Hal Cooper, (BA 1946), was a TV producer/director for “Maude,” “Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Mayberry RFD,” “That Girl,” “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Empty Nest.”
  • Valentine Davies, (BA 1927), was a screenwriter for “Miracle on 34th Street.”
  • Gary Hardwick, (BA 1982), is a novelist and filmmaker of “Deliver Us From Eva.” Hardwick wrote the screenplay and directed the romantic comedy, which starred LL Cool J.
  • Max Hodge, (BA 1939), was a TV writer for “Wild, Wild West,” “Mission Impossible,” “Marcus Welby” and “The Waltons.”
  • Lawrence Kasdan, (BA 1970, MA 1972), studied creative writing and won four Hopwood Awards. Best known for his work on the Star Wars films, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and on Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • David Levien, (BA 1989), co-wrote and co-directed “The Knockaround Guys,” a movie about the sons of New York gangsters. Levien also co-wrote the poker movie “Rounders,” which starred Matt Damon.
  • David Newman, (BA 1958, MA 1959), was a screenwriter for Superman I, II, III, Bonnie & Clyde, What's Up Doc? and Still of the Night.
  • Leslie Newman, (BA 1958), was a screenwriter for Superman.
  • Jeff Marx, (BA 1993), is a composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical Avenue Q with collaborator Robert Lopez. Together, they wrote the show’s 21 songs.
  • David Murray, (BA 1990), had his film Livermore shown nationwide on the PBS series “Independent Lens.”
  • Dudley Nichols, (MDNG: 1914-1917), was a screenwriter for For Whom the Bell Tolls, Stagecoach, the Oscar winning The Informer, and "Bringing up Baby
  • Jack O'Brien, (AB 1961, MA 1962), is a Broadway producer of "The Full Monty" and "Hairspray," for which he won a Tony in 2003. He also was the producer of "His Girl Friday" in London for the National Theatre of Great Britain.
  • Scott Petersen, (BA 1992), filmed a documentary called “Scrabylon,” set primarily at the 2001 World Scrabble Championships in Las Vegas.
  • John Rich, (BA 1948, MA 1949), was a producer for Maude, That Girl, Mayberry RFD, and MacGyver
  • Todd Samovitz, (BA 1989), is co-author of the screenplay “Wonderland”
  • Robert Shaye (BUS: BBA 1960) - Founder and Co-Chairman, New Line Cinema. Produced The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
  • Chris Smith, (MA 2000), co-produced the Antwone Fisher movie.
  • Roger L. Stevens, (MDNG: 1928-1930, HLLD 1964), was a stage producer for West Side Story, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Man for All Seasons and Annie.

Fiction/non-fiction

  • Philip Breitmeyer, (AB 1947), wrote Lightening Ridge! Further Adventures of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
  • Jenniffer Coburn, (AB 1988), wrote The Wife of Reilly and Reinventing Mona.
  • KC Frederick, (AB 1956, MA 1958, PhD 1963), wrote Accomplices.
  • Underwood Dudley is a native of New York City. He received Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan. Is known for his popular writing about crank mathematics.
  • Terry Gamble (AB 1977), wrote The Water Dancers, a novel set in northern Michigan.
  • Frank B. Gilbreth, (AB 1933), wrote Cheaper by the Dozen.
  • Thomas Grace, Jr., (AB 1984) , MARCH'86, is a best-selling author of the adventure thrillers Spyder Web, Quantum Web, Twisted Web, Bird of Prey and Cause of Death.
  • Ann Hagedorn, (MALS 1975), wrote Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad.
  • Steve Hamilton, (AB 1983), wrote Blood is the Sky, an Alex McKnight mystery set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
  • Hervie Haufler, (AB 1941), is the author of Codebreakers' Victory: How the Allied Cryptographers Won World War II.
  • Joyce Henry, (AB 1948), is the author of Beat the Bard: What's Your Shakespeare IQ?
  • Ross Macdonald, (MA 1942, PhD 1952), wrote the Lew Archer Mystery Series.
  • Brad Meltzer, (AB 1992), has written The Zero Game, The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel and The Millionaires.
  • Ellen Slezak, (AB 1980), wrote Last Year's Jesus: A Novella and Nine Stories.
  • Gilbert Snider, (MD 1975, Mdres 1981), wrote the medical thriller entitled Brain Warp.
  • Richard Stewart, (AB 1952, MD 1955, Mdres 1961, MPHIH 1962), wrote Leper Priest of Moloka'i: The Father Damien Story.
  • Robert Traver, (AB 1928), wrote Anatomy of a Murder.

See also

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