Becca Rothfeld
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University of Cambridge (MPhil)
- Writer
- critic
Becca Rothfeld | |
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| Born | October 8, 1991 |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) University of Cambridge (MPhil) |
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Becca Rothfeld (born October 8, 1991) is an American literary critic, and essayist. She won the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, and the Silvers-Dudley Prize.[1]
She attended Dartmouth College graduating with a B.A. degree. She received her MPhil degree from University of Cambridge. Rothfeld later pursued a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Harvard University, but as of 2024 has not completed a dissertation.[2][3]
In March 2023, she was hired by The Washington Post as its non-fiction book critic.[4]
In 2024, Rothfeld revealed on her blog that she has been undergoing treatment for early-stage thyroid cancer.[5] As of 2026, she no longer has thyroid cancer.[6]
On February 4, 2026, Rothfeld was laid off by The Washington Post when it reduced its staff by one-third and eliminated the newspaper's books and sports sections.[7][8] On February 10, 2026, The New Yorker announced that Rothfeld would be joining them as a staff writer later that month.[9]
She is Jewish.[10]
