Author: Robert Hamburger
Bio: 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 India: American Studies
1983 The New York Public Library honored my writing and research with a reception and a month-long exhibition at The Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture 
1983 Finalist: Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
1981 National Endowment for the Humanities Research Grant
1980 Writer in Residence at The Ossabaw Island Project
1979-Present  Member of P.E.N.
1977-78 Fulbright Junior Lecturer to France: American Studies