Jerome Charyn

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Jerome Charyn (born 1937) is an American novelist.

1 Biography
- 1.1 "The Collagists"
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Charyn was born in the Bronx area of New York and was educated at Columbia (BA, 1959), where he studied history and comparative literature with a focus on Russian literature. He has written 37 novels including three memoirs about his childhood in the Bronx, The Dark Lady from Belorusse, The Black Swan, and Bronx Boy,the first two of which were named New York Times Book Of the Year. He now lives in Paris, where he teaches film at the American University of Paris. His novel, Darlin' Bill received the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.

Over ten of Charyn's novels feature the mythic hero-cop of a surreal New York City, Isaac Sidel. His latest book of nonfiction, Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins, was published in November 2001, and deals with Ping Pong.^[1] His personal papers are held by the Fales Library at New York University.

[edit] "The Collagists"

In 2007 Charyn was asked by literary website Smyles and Fish, along with lifelong friend Frederic Tuten, to write an essay about their former colleague and friend Donald Barthelme. The project evolved into a lengthy article, which offers a sort of collage of these three writers and the world of their influences. The work is divided into three parts - an introductory essay on the project by editor-in-chief Iris Smyles, Charyn's essay on Barthelme, and Tuten's piece "My Autobiography: Portable with Images". The work also features photos of the three writers and their work, as well as quotes from Barthelme himself.^[2]