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1926-08-12

1926-08-12

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Wallace Markfield was an American author, best known for tragicomic novels of the Jewish experience in America. Born and educated in Brooklyn, New York, he worked as a publicist and film critic until achieving success with his first novel, To An Early Grave. In addition to writing more novels and short stories, he taught writing at several colleges. Although his output was comparatively small, his distinctive voice earned him critical acclaim. He died in 2002 while working on an uncompleted novel.

From the description of Wallace Markfield autographed reproduction of one page from the working draft of Multiple Orgasms, 1977. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 227389480

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