Steve Katz (May 14, 1935 – August 4, 2019) was an American writer. He is considered an early post-modern or avant-garde writer for works such as The Exagggerations of Peter Prince (1968), and Saw (1972). His collection of stories, Creamy & Delicious (1970), was mentioned in Larry McCaffery's list of the 100 greatest books of the 20th century where it was named "The most extreme and perfectly executed fictional work to emerge from the Pop Art scene of the late 60s."[1]
Biography edit
Steve Katz was born in the Bronx, New York City on May 14, 1935. He received his bachelor's degree at Cornell University and his master's degree at the University of Oregon. He taught at the University of Maryland Overseas (Italy), Cornell University, the University of Iowa,[2] Brooklyn College, Queens College, City University of New York, and Notre Dame University. In 1978 he became the director of the creative writing program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Katz also worked as a miner, a dairy farmer, and a teacher of tai chi. He received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1976 and 1981.[citation needed] In 2008, Steve Katz was a featured reader at the &NOW Festival at Chapman University.[3]
Katz's innovative fiction was often praised by reviewers, for its "blustery poetry and prose," and for striking "an amiable balance between the demands of fantasy and those of realism."[4][5][6][7][8]
Bibliography edit
- The Lestriad (1962 Milella, reprint 1987 Bamberger Books)
- The Weight of Antony (poetry) (1964 Eibe Press)
- The Exagggerations of Peter Prince (1968 Holt, Rinehart and Winston)
- Creamy & Delicious (short stories) (1970 Random House)
- Posh (as Stephanie Gatos) (1971 Grove Press)
- Grassland (Hex) (screenplay with Leo Garen) (1972)
- Saw (1972 Knopf, reprint 1998 FC2)
- Cheyenne River Wild Track (booklength poem) (1973 Ithaca House)
- Moving Parts (1977 Fiction Collective)
- Stolen Stories (short stories) (1984 Fiction Collective)
- Wier & Pouce (1984 Sun & Moon Press)
- Florry Of Washington Heights (1987 Sun & Moon Press)
- Journalism (poetry) (1990 Bamberger Books)
- 43 Fictions (short stories) (1992 Sun & Moon Press)
- Swanny's Ways (1995 Sun & Moon Press)
- Antonello's Lion (2005 Green Integer Books)
- Kissssssssssss (2007 FC2)
- "The Compleat Memoirrhoids" (2013 Starcherone Books)
Footnotes edit
- ^ The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English Language Books of Fiction Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, American Book Review, September/October 1999, Volume 20, Issue 6.
- ^ "Author Katz: The Visual Element". Cedar Rapids Gazette. October 12, 1969. p. B1. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Featured Events". &Now Festival 2008. &Now Festival. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ "New and Notable". Newsday. October 18, 1984. p. 66. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Six From the Fiction Collective". The Los Angeles Times. October 9, 1977. p. 4 Book Review. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Three from the farther edges of books on American fiction". The Baltimore Sun. July 3, 1977. p. D5. Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Short Takes". The Boston Globe. September 6, 1987. p. A10. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Author Praised in Experimental Fiction Efforts". The Daily Oklahoman. September 22, 1968. p. 24. Retrieved October 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.