Leo E. Litwak

Leo E. Litwak (born 1924, Detroit) is an American short story writer, and novelist.

Life

He attended Wayne State University and Columbia University. He taught at San Francisco State University.

His work appeared in The New York Times,^[1] His papers are held at Washington University.^[2]

Litwak's daughter is playwright Jessica Litwak. He has two granddaughters.

Awards

• 1970 Guggenheim Fellow ^[3]
• 1970 National Jewish Book Award
• 1990 O. Henry Award

Works

• "The Eleventh Edition" TriQuarterly, No. 74, Winter 1989

Novels

• To the Hanging Gardens (1964) Andre Deutsch
• Waiting for the News (1969)

Non-fiction

• College Days in Earthquake Country (1971)
• Medic 2001

Anthologies

• Leonard Michaels, David Reid, Raquel Scherr, eds. (1995). "Spirits". West of the West: imagining California : an anthology. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20164-4.
• Jerome Charyn, ed. (1969). The single voice: an anthology of contemporary fiction. Collier Books.

Criticism

• Leo E. Litwak (January 29, 1967). "Hell's Angels". The New York Times Book Review.
• LEO E. LITWAK (January 29, 1967). "On the Wild Side". The New York Times.
• Leo E. Litwak (December 31, 1967). "A Trip to Esalen Institute--". The New York Times.

References

1. "Hell's Angels; Reviewed by Leo E. Litwak". The New York Times. January 29, 1967. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
2. Archived September 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
3. "Leo E. Litwak - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Gf.org. Retrieved 2012-11-20.

External links

• "Leo Litwak Recreates The Medic", The San Francisco Reader, Jerry Karp