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Eric Lax
NationalityAmerican
Alma materB.A.
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.
(brother-in-law)

Eric Lax is an American author who has written books on modern medicine, four books on Woody Allen including a biography, and a personal memoir Faith: Interrupted about deep religious attachment that he had in his youth and then his loss of Christian faith at a later part of his life.

Biography

Lax was raised in an

Washington, D.C., on the Peace Corps staff in a capacity that allowed him to travel to more than 40 countries.[5]

He left the Peace Corps in 1970 to pursue writing full-time, and his interest in comedy led to his first book, On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy in 1975, which was part biography of Woody Allen and part general treatise on comedy. Lax also interviewed Groucho Marx for Life during the veteran comedian's 1972 trip to perform in Iowa.[6]

External videos
video icon Booknotes interview with Lax on The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle, May 2, 2004, C-SPAN

In 1984, Lax wrote Life and Death on 10 West about the

UCLA Medical Center, which was headed at the time by his college classmate Robert Peter Gale. It was recognized by The New York Times Book Review as one of the Notable Books of the Year and received an award from the Leukemia Society of America.[5] Lax's books include The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the development of penicillin;[7] Woody Allen: A Biography and Conversations with Woody Allen, which comprises 40 years of interviews with Allen. With Ann M. Sperber
, he is the co-author of Bogart.

In addition to writing his books, Lax has written articles that have appeared in several periodical publications including

The Washington Monthly and The Washington Post.[8] He has worked as a contributing editor of Esquire magazine.[8]

He is a past president of PEN Center USA, is currently a Vice President of PEN International and a member of the board of The Los Angeles Review of Books.

Personal life

In 1982, Lax married Karen Alden Sulzberger, daughter of the late

Beverly Hills. Lax is lifelong friends with George Elden Packard, whom he met at college.[11]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Bolton-Fasman, Judy (April 28, 2010). "Probing the mystery of faith, found or lost". Boston.com.
  2. ^ Rutten, Tim (2010-04-07). "'Faith, Interrupted: A Spiritual Journey' by Eric Lax". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  3. ^ "Ellen Browning Scripps Celebration - Alumni Awards - The Bishop's School". www.bishops.com. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. ^ "An account of a fascinating life". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  5. ^ a b William Smith Centennial :: William Smith Leaders : Eric Lax ’66
  6. ^ "LIFE". 1972-05-12.
  7. ^ Dan Drollette Jr (18 May 2020). ""What the development of penicillin tells us about developing a coronavirus vaccine"". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
  8. ^ a b "Eric Lax". Archived from the original on 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
  9. ^ "Karen A. Sulzberger Is Wed To Eric Martin Arthur Lax". The New York Times. October 24, 1982.
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  11. ^ "An account of a fascinating life". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

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