Zekial Marko

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Zekial Marko (born October 31, 1931 in Salinas , California , † May 9, 2008 in Centralia , Washington ), actually Marvin Leroy Schmoker , was an American writer who mainly wrote under the pseudonym John Trinian .

Life

Marko was the son of Wallace Cyril Schmoker and his wife Ruth Halverson; his older brother was the painter and writer Kenn Davis . When the parents divorced, Marko went to San Francisco with his mother and brother . Both brothers first attended a grammar school there and when the USA entered the war in 1941 they switched to a Catholic Boy's Boarding School in San Rafael ( Marin County ).

After the war ended, the family reunited and lived together in San Francisco; the mother had meanwhile married a Henry Davis. Upon adoption by her stepfather, Kenn Davis took his family name and Marko officially changed his name to Zekial Marko . After finishing school, Marko worked in various professions, including a. he was an actor, screenwriter and also for some time bartender for Juanita Musson .

In 1954/1955 Marko made the acquaintance of Kenneth Rexroth and supported him in 1955 with his Six Gallery reading , an event which marked the beginning of the San Francisco Renaissance . Friends of Richard Brautigan , Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac , he is also considered a member of the Beat Generation .

Marko spent his last years in Centralia, where he died on May 9th, 2008 and was also buried there. He was married three times and had a son, Aaron David Schmoker (1958-2005) and two daughters, Belle Marko (* 1956) and Zefra Marko (* 1961).

Works (selection)

Novels

  • The big grab . 1959.
  • North Beach girl . 1960.
  • The savage breast . 1961.
  • Scratch a thief . 1961.
    • German: millionaire robbery in San Francisco . Ullstein publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1965.
  • House of evil . 1962.

Scripts

  • Once a thief . 1965. (based on Scrath a thief )
  • The Zombie 1974 (for the television series Der Nachtjäger )
  • The Lady on the Beach (for the TV series Detective Rockford - just give us a call )
  • A funeral for Max Berlin . 1974 (13th episode of the television series Toma )
  • The street . 1974 (21st episode of the television series Toma )

Film adaptations

  • Henri Verneuil (director): As silent as the night. France 1962 (based on The Big Grab )
  • Ralph Nelson (director): Robbery of millions in San Francisco. USA 1964 (after Scratch a thief )

literature

  • Alam Bisbort: Beatniks. A guide to an American subculture . Greenwood Press, Santa Barbara, Calif. 2010. ISBN 978-0-313-36575-1 .
  • Robert Briggs: Ruined Time. The 1950s and the Beat . RBA Publ., Scappoose, Or. 2006. ISBN 0-9311-9121-1 .
  • Warren French: The San Francisco Poetry Renaissance . Twayne Publ., Boston, Mass. 1991. ISBN 0-8057-7621-4 .
  • David Meltzer: San Francisco Beat. Talking to the poets . City Lights Books, San Francisco 2001. ISBN 0-87286-379-4 .
  • Bill Morgan: The Beat Generation of San Francisco. A literary tour . City Lights Books, San Francisco 2003. ISBN 0-87286-417-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Marko, Zekial
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmoker, Marvin Leroy (real name); Trinian, John (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Salinas , California
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2008
Place of death Centralia , Washington