Max Apple
| Max Apple | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1941 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Short story writer, novelist, essayist, professor |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
Max Apple (born October 22, 1941) is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Biography
Apple was born to a Jewish family[1] in Grand Rapids, Michigan and received his B.A. (1963) and Ph.D (1970) from The University of Michigan.[2] Apple taught creative writing at Rice University in Houston, Texas for 29 years, where he held the Fox Chair in English. After retiring from Rice University, Apple moved to Philadelphia, where he presently teaches at The University of Pennsylvania.[3] Along with his published novels and short story collections, he has written the screenplays for The Air Up There starring Kevin Bacon and Roommates (based on his 1994 biography Roommates: My Grandfather's Story).[4]
Bibliography
- The Oranging of America and Other Stories (1976)
- Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right (1978)
- Free Agents (1984)
- The Propheteers (1987)
- Roommates: My Grandfather's Story (1994)
- I Love Gootie: My Grandmother's Story (1998)
- The Jew of Home Depot and Other Stories (2007)
See also
References
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- ↑ Profile on Notable Names Database (NNDB)
- ↑ "An Interview with Writer Max Apple," The Daily Pennsylvanian, Spring 2002, http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/about/news/maxapple.php (accessed 4-27-12)
- ↑ Profile on Internet Movie Database
External links
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- 1941 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- American male screenwriters
- American Jews
- American short story writers
- People from Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Rice University faculty
- University of Michigan alumni
- University of Pennsylvania faculty
- Living people
- Pew Fellows in the Arts
- Guggenheim Fellows
- American male novelists
- American male short story writers
