Michael Brodsky | |
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Born | New York City, United States | August 2, 1948
Occupation | Novelist, Editor |
Nationality | American |
Literary movement | Postmodernism |
Notable works |
Xman, *** |
Website | |
webdelsol |
Michael Mark Brodsky (born Aug 2, 1948 [1] [2]) is a scientific/medical editor, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels Xman and ***, as well as for his translation of Samuel Beckett's Eleuthéria.
Michael Brodsky was born in New York City, the son of Martin and Marian Brodsky. He attended the Bronx High School of Science. [3] He received a 1969 BA from Columbia College, Columbia University, taught math and science in New York for a year, attended Case Western Reserve University medical school for two years, then taught French and English in Cleveland until 1975. [3]
Brodsky returned to New York City in 1976, working as an editor for the Institute for Research on Rheumatic Diseases. He married Laurence Lacoste. [4] They are the parents of two children, Joseph Matthew and Matthew Daniel. From 1985 to 1991, Brodsky was an editor with Springer-Verlag. After 1991, he was with the United Nations. [5]
Brodsky lives on Roosevelt Island. [6]
A short biography, and brief summaries of Brodsky's longer fiction and critical reception can be found here:
Brief summaries of his shorter fiction, critical reception, and quotations from Brodsky on his own fiction, can be found here:
CANRS refers to Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, and DLB refers to Dictionary of Literary Biography. Full citations are above.
Michael Brodsky | |
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Born | New York City, United States | August 2, 1948
Occupation | Novelist, Editor |
Nationality | American |
Literary movement | Postmodernism |
Notable works |
Xman, *** |
Website | |
webdelsol |
Michael Mark Brodsky (born Aug 2, 1948 [1] [2]) is a scientific/medical editor, novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels Xman and ***, as well as for his translation of Samuel Beckett's Eleuthéria.
Michael Brodsky was born in New York City, the son of Martin and Marian Brodsky. He attended the Bronx High School of Science. [3] He received a 1969 BA from Columbia College, Columbia University, taught math and science in New York for a year, attended Case Western Reserve University medical school for two years, then taught French and English in Cleveland until 1975. [3]
Brodsky returned to New York City in 1976, working as an editor for the Institute for Research on Rheumatic Diseases. He married Laurence Lacoste. [4] They are the parents of two children, Joseph Matthew and Matthew Daniel. From 1985 to 1991, Brodsky was an editor with Springer-Verlag. After 1991, he was with the United Nations. [5]
Brodsky lives on Roosevelt Island. [6]
A short biography, and brief summaries of Brodsky's longer fiction and critical reception can be found here:
Brief summaries of his shorter fiction, critical reception, and quotations from Brodsky on his own fiction, can be found here:
CANRS refers to Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, and DLB refers to Dictionary of Literary Biography. Full citations are above.