David Markson
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David Markson is an American author, born in Albany, New York, in 1927. He is the author of several postmodern novels, including This is Not a Novel, Springer's Progress, and Wittgenstein's Mistress. His work is characterized by an unconventional approach to narration and plot, that is very much his own. While his early works draw on the modernist tradition of William Faulkner and Malcolm Lowry, his later works have almost completely stripped away plot in favor of a fragmented internal consciousness consisting mostly of scraps of historical, artistic, and biographical "facts". Dalkey Archive Press has published several of his novels.
Educated at Union College and Columbia University, Markson began his writing career as a journalist and book editor, periodically taking up work as a college professor.
In addition to his novels, he has published a book of poetry and a critical study of Malcolm Lowry.
External links
- Introduction and Bibliography on David Markson (http://www.madinkbeard.com/davidmarkson.html)
- Interview with David Markson (http://www.centerforbookculture.org/interviews/interview_markson.html)
- Review of This is Not a Novel (http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/t/this-is-not-a-novel.shtml)