Frederick Martin-Del-Campo
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Frederick Martin-Del-Campo, also known as Frederick Martin-In-The-Fields, is a writer/author with a growing reputation among itinerant, avant-garde artists and other writers in California. His work is notable for witticisms and aphorisms, as well as intense, almost lyrical descriptions and fables that tell of the traumas and varied experiences of a human life lived under duress and dubious circumstances, which transcend cultures, religions and even race.
[edit] Works
His writings are now available through international literary venues, and he occasionally contributes to the Red-bridge Review, semi-monthly periodical. Frederick is a native of California, claims Italo-Spanish descent, and studied at UCLA, LAVC, and received a Liberal Arts degree at Almeda University. While Frederick's reputation as a writer and poet has grown, he worked as a teacher of History and ELT studies, and edited his exciting most recent novel, CHRONICLES OF WAR AND A WANDERER. His poignant biographies of his ancestors can be procured in a two volume series: BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND, and THE ISLAND OF ESTASIA. Upon undertaking these difficult projects, he felt these labors of love will enrich the literature of American and International lore. He has also published a highly-regarded poetic anthology of his own entitled, ON THE HILL OF CONTEMPLATION.
[edit] Philosophy of life
When asked how he got his start, he modestly replies, “It’s all thanks to the ISP. They published my first poem, and it’s been onward and upward ever since!” Taking his cue from Hemingway, he typically advised other aspiring writers and artists to travel; there is no better teacher than the world, so go out and experience it. When asked if he has a philosophy that guides his life, he typically replies by quoting Patrick Dennis’ “Auntie Mame”: "You gotta live! Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers out there are starving to death!"
