Bruce Jay Friedman

Bruce Jay Friedman

Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright.

Raised in the Bronx by Irving and Mollie (Liebowitz) Friedman, Bruce attended the University of Missouri as a journalism major then served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1953. In 1954, he married the model Ginger Howard, who is now an acting coach and writer. In the same year, Friedman worked for many of the era's famous men's magazines through Magazine Management Company. Friedman ended up as an executive editor in charge of the magazines "Men" (not the present magazine of the same title), "Male", and "Man's World".

In 1962, Friedman published "Stern", the first of his eight novels.

Friedman is the father of the writer and musician Josh Alan Friedman, the cartoonist Drew Friedman, photographer Kipp Friedman, and Molly Friedman. Friedman currently resides in New York City; he has divorced Ginger Friedman and is now married to the educator Patricia J. O'Donohue, with whom he has one daughter, writer Molly Friedman.

His latest collection of short fiction, Three Balconies,will be appearing in September 2008, from Biblioasis.

Works

Novels

*"A Father's Kisses" (1996)
*"The Current Climate" (1989)
*"Tokyo Woes" (1985)
*"About Harry Towns"(1974)
*"The Dick"(1970)
*"A Mother's Kisses"(1964)
*"Stern" - named by John Kennedy Toole, author of A Confederacy of Dunces, as his favourite modern novel.(1962)
*"Violencia!: A Musical Novel"(2002)

hort fiction

*"Let's Hear It for a Beautiful Guy"
*"Black Angels"
*"Far from the City of Class"
*"Black Humor: Anthology"
*"The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman"
*"Sexual Pensees"
*"Three Balconies: Stories and a Novella" (2008)

For the screen

*"Splash"
*"The Lonely Guy"
*"Doctor Detroit"
*"Stir Crazy"
*"Fore Play"
*"Steambath" (DVD of the 1973 PBS broadcast)
*"The Heartbreak Kid"

For the stage

*"Scuba Duba"
*"Steambath"
*"Have You Spoken to Any Jews Lately?"

Non-fiction

*"The Man They Threw Out of Jets" and a conversation with the author in "New sounds in American fiction" editor Gordon Lish (1969)
*"The Lonely Guy"
*"The Slightly Older Guy"
*"Even The Rhinos Were Nymphos"
*"Sexual Pensees" (with Andre Barbe)

External links

*
*
*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY — (1930– ), U.S. novelist and playwright. Friedman was regarded as one of the leaders of the school of black humor. He was a frequent contributor to Esquire, the Saturday Evening Post, and the New York Times Book Review. His fiction includes Stern… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Friedman, Bruce Jay — ▪ American author born April 26, 1930, New York, N.Y., U.S.       American comic author whose dark, mocking humour and social criticism was directed at the concerns and behaviour of American Jews.       After graduating from the University of… …   Universalium

  • Jay Friedman — (born 1939) is the principal trombonist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Friedman joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1962 [cite web last = Roosevelt University first = title = Jay Friedman, trombone principal guest conductor… …   Wikipedia

  • Friedman — Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are common surnames. They may refer to:In music * Avraham Fried, Jewish composer and musical entertainer, also known as Avraham Friedman * Dean Friedman, singer songwriter * Debbie Friedman, musician * Gary… …   Wikipedia

  • Friedman, Bruce Jay — (b. 1930)    American novelist. He was born in the Bronx and in his novels satirized middle class American Jewish life. His works include Stern, A Mother s Kisses and The Dick …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Friedman — /freed meuhn/, n. 1. Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist. 2. Milton, born 1912, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1976. * * * …   Universalium

  • Drew Friedman (cartoonist) — Drew Friedman Born 1958 New York, NY[1] Nationality American Area(s) Cartoonist Notable works …   Wikipedia

  • Bruce Greenwood — Données clés Nom de naissance Stuart Bruce Greenwood Naissance 12 août 1956 (1956 08 12) (55 ans) Noranda, Québec Canada Nationalité …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Milton Friedman — Chicago School of Economics Born July 31, 1912(1912 07 31) Brooklyn, New York …   Wikipedia

  • Kinky Friedman — Infobox person caption=Friedman contemplates a question from the audience at a campaign rally in Bastrop, Texas birth name=Richard S. Friedman name=Kinky Friedman other names=Kinky nationality=American birth date=birth date and… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”