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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.
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Born | New York City, United States | August 2, 1948
Occupation | Novelist, Editor |
Nationality | American |
Literary movement | Postmodernism |
Notable works | Xman, *** |
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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:
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