Mark Z. Danielewski
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Mark Z. Danielewski is an American author, born in 1966. He is the son of Polish avant-garde film director Tad Danielewski and the brother of singer and songwriter Annie Decatur Danielewski, a.k.a. Poe.
Danielewski studied English Literature at Yale. He was rejected from every writing seminar he applied for, but completed undergraduate studies there. He then decided to move Berkeley, California, where he took a summer program in Latin at the University of California, Berkeley. He also spent time in Paris, preoccupied mostly with writing.
In the early 1990s, he pursued graduate studies at the USC School of Cinema-Television. He later served as an assistant editor and worked on sound for Derrida [1], a documentary based on the life of the Algerian-born French literary critic and philosopher Jacques Derrida.
House of Leaves, Danielewski's first novel, has gained a considerable cult following.
In 2000, Danielewski toured with his sister across America at Borders Books and Music locations, promoting Poe’s album Haunted, which reflects elements of House of Leaves.
[edit] Works
- Sept. 2006: Only Revolutions
- Oct. 2005: The Fifty Year Sword
- Oct. 2000: The Whalestoe Letters
- March 2000: House of Leaves
[edit] References
- McCaffery, Larry & Gregory, Sinda. "Haunted House: An Interview with Mark Z. Danielewski" from Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 44, No. 2, Winter 2003: 99-135.
[edit] External links
- Mark Z. Danielewski Forum
- Mark Z. Danielewski at the Internet Movie Database
- Flak Magazine interview
- Book Reporter interview
- Guardian interview
- Mesa Love.net interview
- Exploration Z
- The Ledge interview, on The Fifty Year Sword
- Mark Z Danielewski's social networking site, on MySpace
- Mark Z. Danielewski on Drinks with Tony hosted by Tony DuShane
- The Bat Segundo Show #79 (2006 podcast interview)
- spotlightAZ podcast interview2006 podcast interview with spotlightAZ, 30 min. long
| Mark Z. Danielewski |
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| Bibliography |
| Novels: House of Leaves (2000) • Only Revolutions (2006) |
| Novellas: The Whalestoe Letters (2000) |
| Short Stories: The Fifty Year Sword (2005) |
| Audio Recordings |
| Studio albums: Haunted (2000) (appeared on the single Hey Pretty) |
| Audiobooks: Only Revolutions (tbd) (with Alexandria “Alexis” Madden) |
| Filmography |
| Feature films: Derrida (editor, sound mixer) |
