Robert Katz

Robert Katz

Robert Katz (born June 27, 1933) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and non-fiction author. [cite web |url=http://www.katz.us/robert_katz.htm |title=Robert Katz |accessdate=2008-05-26 |work=All Things Katz]

Born in Brooklyn, New York, son of Sidney and Helen (Holland) Katz. Married to Beverly Gerstel, September 22, 1957. Two children: Stephen Lee Katz, Jonathan Howard Katz.

Studied at Brooklyn College 1951-53 then went on to being a photojournalist, filmmaker, United Hias Service, NYC 1953-57. Finally established as a writer beginning at the American Cancer Society in New York (1958-63); United Nations, NYC and Rome, 1963-64 then as a self-employed writer since 1964.

Visiting Professor of Investigative Journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 1986-92; lecturer for various universities. Fellow Guggenheim 1970- ; fellow, Adlai E. Stevenson College; University of California, 1986-92; grantee American Council Learned Societies, 1971; recipient Laceno d'Oro (best screenplay), Neorealist Film Festival, Avellino, Italy, 1983.

Katz lives in Tuscany, Italy.

Non-fiction writings

*Death in Rome, Macmillan, 1967.
*Black Sabbath: A Journey through a Crime against Humanity, Macmillan, 1969.
*The Fall of the House of Savoy, Macmillan, 1971.
*A Giant in the Earth, Stein & Day, 1973.
*Days of Wrath:The Ordeal of Aldo Moro, the Kidnapping, the Execution, the Aftermath, Doubleday, 1980. (Pulitzer Prize nomination 1981)
*Il caso Moro (with G. Ferrara and A. Balducci) , Pironti, 1987.
*Love is Colder than Death: The Life and Times of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Random House, 1987.
*Naked by the Window: The Fatal Marriage of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990.
*Dossier Priebke, Rizzoli, 1997.
*The Battle for Rome: the Germans, the Allies, the Partisans and the Pope, September 1943-June 1944, Simon & Schuster, 2003.

Novels

*The Cassandra Crossing, Ballantine, 1976.
*Ziggurat, Houghton, 1977.
*The Spoils of Ararat, Houghton, 1978.

Filmography

*The Contractor (2007) (V) (story)
*La Peste (1992) (narration)
*Hotel Colonial (1987) (writer)
*Il Cugino americano (1986) (story)
*Il Caso Moro (1986) (book "Days of Wrath") (screenplay)
*Dolce e selvaggio (1983) (English dialogue)
*Kamikaze 1989 (1982) (writer)
*La Pelle (1981) (screenplay)
*The Salamander (1981) (writer)
*The Cassandra Crossing (1976) (screenplay) (story)
*Massacre in Rome (1973) (book "Death in Rome") (screenplay)

References

External links

* [http://www.theboot.it/ Robert Katz's View of Modern Italy]
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