Wolf Mankowitz
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Wolf Mankowitz (born November 7, 1924 - May 20, 1998) was an English writer, playwright and screenwriter. He was born and raised in Bethnal Green in the heart of London's Jewish community, and this provided him with the material for his most successful book. A Kid for Two Farthings was published as a novel and then adapted into a film by the director Carol Reed, for which Mankowitz himself wrote the screenplay. In 1958 he wrote the book for the hit West End musical, "Expresso Bongo" - later made into a film starring Cliff Richard. He also collaborated on the screenplay for the Bond movie Casino Royale'.
During the late 1960s, Wolf Mankowitz was part-owner of the Pickwick Club, in Gt Newprt St, off Charing Cross Road, Soho, London W1, where "The Peddlers" group led by Roy Phillips were resident. Lifegetsteejus 22:57, 8 March 2007 (UTC)lifegetsteejus
Mankowitz's wife Ann was a psychoanalyst. They had four sons, the eldest, Gered, became a famous photographer.
Mankowitz died of cancer in 1998, in County Cork, Ireland.
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