David Zane Mairowitz (nonfiction)

David Zane Mairowitz (born 1943 in New York City, United States), is a writer. He has written radio dramas, graphic novels, and nonfiction books & essays.

Biography

Mairowitz studied English Literature and Philosophy at Hunter College, New York; and Drama at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 1966 he immigrated to England, where he worked as a freelance writer. He was one of the founding editors of International Times.

Since 1982 he has resided in southern France.

Commentary

Karl Jones observes:

I was fifteen or sixteen years old when Bobby Griffiths gave me a well-worn copy of The Radical Soap Opera. I have it still, right at hand for ready reference, more well-worn that ever but holding up well thanks to strong tape and careful handling.

Works

• The Law Circus (1969), a play.
• BAMN: Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera 1965–70 (1971), editor with Peter Stansill.
• Flash Gordon and the Angels (1971), a play.
• The Radical Soap Opera: Roots of Failure in the American Left (1974).
• The Stalin Sonata (1989), a radio drama.
• Kafka for Beginners, also known as Introducing Kafka (1993), illustrated by [(nonfiction)|Robert Crumb].
• Introducing Camus, illustrated by Alain Korkos.
• Graphic novel version of Franz Kafka's The Castle, illustrated by Czech artist and musician Jaromír 99 (Jaromír Švejdík).

References

• Best Radio Plays of 1989. Methuen/BBC 1990.
• Launch: The Castle by Jaromír 99 and David Zane Mairowitz Self Made Hero

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• The Radical Soap Opera (nonfiction)

External links

• David Zane Mairowitz @ Wikipedia
• David Zane Mairowitz Radio Dramas
• Articles on FindArticles.com
• "The Rose Revolution Shows its Thorns"
• "Outpost of the New Cold War"
• "Playing Intifada: the New Anti-Semitism in France"