stanley elkin

English - English

Definition of stanley elkin in English English dictionary

born May 11, 1930, New York, N.Y., U.S. died May 31, 1995, St. Louis, Mo. U.S. writer. He grew up in Chicago; from 1960 he taught writing at Washington University. His works explore contemporary life with tragicomic wit and imaginative insight. Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers (1966) was an acclaimed collection of short stories on Jewish themes. The novel The Franchiser (1976) tells of Ben Flesh, who, like Elkin, suffered from multiple sclerosis, which is for Flesh both an enlightenment and a burden. The Living End (1979) consists of three interwoven novellas

Related Terms

Stanley Lawrence Elkin

born May 11, 1930, New York, N.Y., U.S. died May 31, 1995, St. Louis, Mo. U.S. writer. He grew up in Chicago; from 1960 he taught writing at Washington University. His works explore contemporary life with tragicomic wit and imaginative insight. Criers and Kibitzers, Kibitzers and Criers (1966) was an acclaimed collection of short stories on Jewish themes. The novel The Franchiser (1976) tells of Ben Flesh, who, like Elkin, suffered from multiple sclerosis, which is for Flesh both an enlightenment and a burden. The Living End (1979) consists of three interwoven novellas

Hyphenation

Stan·ley El·kin

Turkish pronunciation

stänli îlkîn

Pronunciation

/ˈstanlē əlˈkən/ /ˈstænliː ɪlˈkɪn/