Joseph Olshan
Joseph Olshan (born April 6, 1958 in New York City ) is an American writer .
Life
Joseph Olshan is the son of Marvin L., a lawyer, and Malchia Olshan, née Sandford. He attended from 1974 to 1976 the University of Vermont and then until 1978 the University of California, Santa Barbara , where he received his bachelor's degree . He moved to Los Angeles , where he read scripts for Jerry Leider Productions , EMI Films and other production companies, among others . From 1981 until 1984 he worked as a freelance journalist. After teaching creative writing in New York City for a year in 1985, he was a lecturer in the same capacity at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986 and again at New York University from 1987 to 1988 .
Olshan won the Times / Jonathan Cape Young Writers Award in 1985 for his debut novel Clara's Heart . The novel was published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch under the title Clara's Heart in 1988 and was filmed under the title Clara 's Secret with Whoopi Goldberg , Michael Ontkean , Kathleen Quinlan and Neil Patrick Harris in the leading roles. From 1992 to 1994, Olshan was a literary critic for the Wall Street Journal .
Works
- 1985: Clara's Heart
- 1988: Claras Herz , Kiepenheuer & Witsch , 415 pages, ISBN 3-462-01890-6
- 1987: A Warmer Season
- 1989: The Waterline
- 1992: The Sound of Heaven
- 1994: Nightswimmer
- 1999: Nachtschwimmer , Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag , 284 pages, ISBN 3-423-12631-0
- 1997: Working on a Miracle (biography, with Mahlon Johnson )
- 1997: Work on a miracle , Berlin Verlag , 304 pages, ISBN 3-8270-0222-2
- 1998: Vanitas
- 2003: In Clara's Hands
- 2008: The Conversion
- 2012: Cloudland
Web links
- Joseph Olshan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olshan, Joseph 1956- ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , highbeam.com
- ^ The Conversion, By Joseph Olshan , independent.co.uk
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olshan, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |