Louis Begley
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Louis Begley | |
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Born | Ludwik Begleiter October 6, 1933 (age 90) |
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Children | 3 (including Adam Begley) |
Website | https://www.louisbegley.com |
Louis Begley (born Ludwik Begleiter; October 6, 1933) is a Polish-American
Life
Early life
Begley was born Ludwik Begleiter in
He lived with his mother at first in
During the school year 1945/46, Begley attended the
The family left Poland in the fall of 1946 for Paris and, in late February 1947, left Paris for New York City, arriving on March 3. Shortly afterward, the family name was changed from Begleiter to Begley. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School, Begley studied English literature at Harvard College (AB '54, summa cum laude), where he worked at The Advocate, an undergraduate literary magazine.[1] Service in the United States Army followed, the last 18 months of it in Göppingen, Germany, with the 9th Division.
Family
In 1956, Begley married Sally Higginson (1928-2017). They divorced in May 1970. In March 1974, Begley married his present wife,
Career
Lawyer
In 1956 Begley entered
Novels
Begley's first novel,
Begley's 1996 novel About Schmidt was the basis for the eponymous 2002 film by Alexander Payne. Payne made many changes from the book, though Begley commented in an essay in The New York Times that "my most important themes were treated with great intelligence and sensitivity" and felt the movie was "a gem of original filmmaking."[5]
Begley’s first nine novels have been published by Alfred A. Knopf, and republished by Ballantine Publishing Company. His most recent works have been published as hardcover by Nan A. Talese and reissued as paperback by Ballantine Publishing Company. His novels have been translated into fifteen languages.
Non-fiction
In 2001, a selection of Begley's essays and journalistic pieces was published by Suhrkamp Verlag (Frankfurt) under the title Das Gelobte Land.
Venedig Unter Vier Augen, a book on Venetian themes by Anka Muhlstein and Louis Begley, was published in 2003 by Marebuch Verlag (Hamburg). It was also published in English in 2005 by Haus Publishing under the title Venice for Lovers, and reissued under the same title by Grove Press in the U.S..
Zwischen Fakten und Fiktionen, the text of Begley's lectures given as part of Poetik Dozentur at
The Tremendous World I Have Inside My Head, Franz Kafka: A Biographical Essay was published by Atlas & Co. in 2008.
Why the
Awards
Prizes and awards include: The Irish Times-Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize, National Book Award Finalist, National Book Critics’ Circle Finalist, PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, Prix Médicis Étranger, Jeanette-Schocken-Pries, Bremerhavener Bürgerpreis für Literatur, American Academy of Letters Award in Literature, and Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung Literaturpreis.
Other distinctions
From 1993 to 1995, Begley was president of
He is a member of the American Philosophical Society[6] and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
He is a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et Lettres Philosophical Society, and a member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
The
Bibliography
- Wartime Lies (1991)
- The Man Who Was Late (1993)
- As Max Saw It (1994)
- About Schmidt (1996), basis for the 2002 film of the same name
- Mistler's Exit (1998)
- Schmidt Delivered (2000)
- Shipwreck (2003)
- Matters of Honor (2007)
- Schmidt Steps Back (2012)
- Memories of a Marriage (2013)
- Killer, Come Hither (2015)
- Kill and Be Killed (2016)
- Killer's Choice (2019)
- New Life of Hugo Gardner (2020)
References
- ^ a b James Atlas (June 2002). "Louis Begley, The Art of Fiction No. 172". The Paris Review.
- ^ Peter Begley's website
- ^ Laura Moore's website
- ^ Claude Brodesser (2005-05-10). "WIP a 'Wartime' recruit: Warner catches WWII 'Lies'". Variety. Retrieved 2007-01-06.
- ^ Begley, Louis (January 19, 2003). "My Novel, the Movie: My Baby Reborn; 'About Schmidt' Was Changed, But Not Its Core". The New York Times.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
External links
- Official site
- Pritchard, William H. (October 10, 2016). "Departure Lounge: In the Fictional World of Louis Begley". The Weekly Standard.
- James Atlas (Summer 2002). "Louis Begley, The Art of Fiction No. 172". Paris Review. Summer 2002 (162).
- Hal Espen (May 30, 1994). "The lives of Louis Begley". New Yorker.