LEVY, Alan

LEVY, Alan. American, b. 1932. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Songs/Lyrics and libretti, History, Social commentary, Autobiography/Memoirs, Biography. Career: Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, reporter, 1953-60; freelance writer, NYC, 1960-67; Carnegie Commission on Educational Television, investigator, 1966-67; foreign correspondent 1967- (accredited to Life mag. and Good Housekeeping mag. in Prague, 1967-71; to International Herald Tribune, Paris, ARTnews, NYC, New York Sunday Times, and Reader's Digest in Vienna, 1971-90; and to International Herald Tribune Paris in Prague, 1990-); Vienna's English Theatre, Ltd., dramaturg, 1977-82; Webster University, Vienna, adjunct professor, 1983-95; Summer Seminars and Writers Workshop, Prague, professor, Central European University, 1994, Charles University, 1996-; Prague Post, Czech Republic, founding editor-in-chief and columnist, 1991-. Publications: (with B. Krisher and J. Cox) Draftee's Confidential Guide, 1957, rev. ed. with R. Flaste, 1966; Operation Elvis, 1960; The Elizabeth Taylor Story, 1961; Wanted: Nazi Criminals at Large, 1962; Interpret Your Dreams, 1962, rev. ed., 1975; (with G. Stuart) Kind-Hearted Tiger, 1964; The Culture Vultures, 1968; God Bless You Real Good, 1969; Rowboat to Prague, 1972, as So Many Heroes, 1980; Good Men Still Live!, 1974; The Bluebird of Happiness, 1976; Forever, Sophia, 1979, rev. ed., 1986; The World of Ruth Draper (play), 1982; (with R. Staan) Just an Accident? (text for symphonic requiem), 1983; Ezra Pound: The Voice of Silence, 1983; W.H. Auden: In the Autumn of the Age of Anxiety, 1983; Treasures of the Vatican Collections, 1983; Vladimir Nabokov: The Velvet Butterfly, 1984; Ezra Pound: A Jewish View, 1988; The Wiesenthal File, 1993, as Nazi Hunter, 2002. Died 2004.