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(1927-2010) Novelist. David Markson was born in Albany, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was an experimental novelist.

Full Name

David Markson

Locations

Albany

Author's Timeline


1927

BIRTH

David Merrill Markson was born in Albany, New York, on December 20, 1927.

1950

OTHER

Mr. Markson graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1950.

1952

OTHER

Mr. Markson received his master's degree from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1952.

1959

LITWORK

Epitaph For A Tramp
Dell

Crime novel.

1961

LITWORK

Epitaph For A Dead Beat
Dell

Crime novel.

1965

LITWORK

The Ballad Of Dingus Magee
Bobbs-Merrill
0147015480 / 978-0147015488
Novel. A western spoof that was made into a movie, "Dirty Dingus Magee."

1965

LITWORK

Miss Doll, Go Home
Dell

Crime novel.

1970

LITWORK

Going Down
Holt Rinehart Winston
0030842816 / 978-0030842818
Novel.

1977

LITWORK

Springer's Progress
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
0030203414 / 978-0030203411
Novel.

1988

LITWORK

Wittgenstein's Mistress
Dalkey Archive Press
0916583252 / 978-0916583255
Novel.

1993

LITWORK

Collected Poems
Dalkey Archive Press
1564780333 / 978-1564780331
Collection of poetry.

1996

LITWORK

Reader���s Block
Dalkey Archive Press
1564781321 / 978-1564781321
Novel.

2001

LITWORK

This Is Not A Novel
Counterpoint Press
1582431337 / 978-1582431338
Novel.

2004

LITWORK

Vanishing Point
Shoemaker & Hoard
1593760108 / 978-1593760106
Novel.

2007

LITWORK

The Last Novel
Counterpoint
1593761430 / 978-1593761431
Novel.

2010

DEATH

David Markson died in his Greenwich Village apartment in Manhattan, New York, on June 4, 2010.

2010

INTERMENT

Mr. Markson's remains were cremated, ashes given to family or friend.

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