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[[File:davidleavitt.png|200px|thumb|left|David Leavitt]]
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==Description==
  
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Notable for novels  'Lost Language of Cranes' (1986), which has been made into a film; 'While England Sleeps' (1993);  'The Page Turner' (1998), also made into a film; and 'Martin Baumann' (2000).  Recent book is 'The Two Hotel Francforts' (2013).  Controversy after charged with plagiarism in 1994.  Member of the Creative Writing faculty at the University of Florida.  Editor of the literary journal 'Subtropics'.
  
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* http://www.english.ufl.edu/faculty/dleavitt/
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* http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/books/review/the-two-hotel-francforts-by-david-leavitt.html?_r=0
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* http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334134/David-Leavitt
  
Notably for novel  'Lost Language of Cranes'. Academic at University of Florida. Controversy after charged with plagiarism in 1994. Member of the Creative Writing faculty at the University of Florida.
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Revision as of 20:33, 8 March 2014

David Leavitt

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1961 -

Occupation

Writer

Description

Notable for novels 'Lost Language of Cranes' (1986), which has been made into a film; 'While England Sleeps' (1993); 'The Page Turner' (1998), also made into a film; and 'Martin Baumann' (2000). Recent book is 'The Two Hotel Francforts' (2013). Controversy after charged with plagiarism in 1994. Member of the Creative Writing faculty at the University of Florida. Editor of the literary journal 'Subtropics'.

Further Reading/Research


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