Awards & Winners

David Rakoff

Date of Birth 27-November-1964
Place of Birth Montreal
(Canada, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Québec)
Nationality United States of America, Canada
Also know as David Benjamin Rakoff
Profession Journalist, Essayist, Writer, Actor, Author
David Benjamin Rakoff was a Canadian-born American writer based in New York City who was noted for his humorous, sometimes autobiographical non-fiction essays. Rakoff was an essayist, journalist, and actor, and a regular contributor to WBEZ's This American Life. Rakoff described himself as a "New York writer" who also happened to be a "Canadian writer", a "mega Jewish writer", a "gay writer" and an "East Asian Studies major who has forgotten most of his Japanese" writer. Rakoff died of cancer in Manhattan on August 9, 2012.

Awards by David Rakoff

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Rakoff.

2005


Lambda Literary Award for Humor
Honored for : Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Humor Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

2001


Lambda Literary Award for Humor
Honored for : Fraud

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Lambda Literary Award for Humor Fraud