- Lewis Crofts
Lewis Crofts, (born in
Blackburn ,UK on5 November ,1977 ), is an English author and journalist. He studied Modern and Medieval Languages atSt Catherine’s College ,Oxford University . He has lived inHanover (Germany ),France ,Prague (Czech Republic ) and Brussels (Belgium ), working as ajournalist and translator. [http://www.lewiscrofts.com]His first book, "The Pornographer of Vienna", is a novel based on the life of Austrian painter
Egon Schiele who was famous for his sexually explicit depictions of the Viennese underworld. [http://www.tiborjones.com/author_lewis_crofts.html] It was published inJune 2007 by Old Street Publishing in the UK and in July 2008 in North America.The novel was published in Italy in
September 2008 by Marco Tropea under the title "Il pornografo di Vienna". Other fiction writing has appeared in the Prague Revue,Notes From The Underground and Ether Magazine. In an interview with , he confirmed work on a second novel. [http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/fatal-passions-an-interview-with-lewis-crofts/]Crofts is also a correspondent for MLex Market Intelligence, a news agency focusing on competition law and regulatory risk. [http://info.mlex.com/team/editorial]
Bibliography
*"The Pornographer of Vienna"
*"The Best Day of My Life" (story in anthology, ed. Giles Vickers-Jones)Articles
* [http://www.thiseurope.com/node/155 "Exploding the Marat myth" November 2007, The Bulletin]
* [http://www.rimini-protokoll.de/website/en/article_2690.html Karl Marx, Das Kapital: erster Band]Reviews
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/jun/09/featuresreviews.guardianreview23 Guardian review 9 June 2007]
*Il Venerdì 22 July 2008, "Vita, Morte e Segreti del "pornografo" Schiele"
* [http://www.ilmattino.it/mattino/view.php?data=20080904&ediz=NAZIONALE&npag=21&file=LATO.xml&type=STANDARD Il Mattino 3 July 2008, "Schiele pornografia ed erotismo"]
* [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2183d466-13c5-11dc-9866-000b5df10621.html Financial Times review 8 June 2007 "Art of Darkness]
* [http://www.repubblica.it/2008/03/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/libri-20mar/libri-4-sett/libri-4-sett.html?rss La Repubblica 4 September 2008]
* [http://life.hereisthecity.com/get_cultured/entertainment/books/124.cntns Here Is The City]References
External links
* [http://www.lewiscrofts.com Official Website of Lewis Crofts]
* [http://www.myspace.com/lewiscrofts Lewis Crofts at MySpace]
* [http://www.oldstreetpublishing.co.uk/authorpages/lewis_crofts.htm Author page at Old Street Publishing]
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