Jerome Charyn (born May 13, 1937) is an American writer. With nearly 50 published works over a 50-year span, Charyn has a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life, writing in multiple genres.

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calls him "one of the most important writers in American literature". ''New York

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'' hailed Charyn as "a contemporary American Balzac", and the ''

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'' described him as "absolutely unique among American writers". Charyn's first novel, ''Once Upon a Droshky'', was published in 1964. With ''Blue Eyes'' (1975), the debut of detective character Isaac Sidel, Charyn attracted wide attention and acclaim. As of 2017, Charyn has published 37 novels, three memoirs, nine graphic novels, two books about film, short stories, plays and works of non-fiction. Two of his memoirs were named ''

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'' Book of the Year. Charyn has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Charyn was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Fiction, 1983. He received the Rosenthal Award from the

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and has been named Commander of Arts and Letter (

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) by the French Minister of Culture. Charyn was Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at the American University of Paris until 2009, when he retired from teaching. In addition to his writing and teaching, Charyn is a tournament

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player, once ranked in the top 10 percent of players in France. Novelist

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called Charyn's book on table tennis, ''Sizzling Chops & Devilish Spins'', "''The Sun Also Rises'' of ping-pong". Charyn lives in Paris and New York City.

Early life

Charyn was born in the

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, New York City, to Sam and Fanny (Paley) Charyn. In order to escape its mean streets, Charyn immersed himself in comic books and cinema."BOMB"
Frederic Tuten, BOMB Magazine online, Fall 2004. Books were scarce in the Charyn household, save for volume "A" of the ''Book of Knowledge''. After becoming all too well versed in astronomy and aardvarks, Charyn hungered for more. He attended The High School of Music and Art in Manhattan, majoring in painting. Turning from painting to literature, Charyn enrolled at

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, where he studied history and comparative literature with a focus on Russian literature, graduating

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and ''cum laude'' (BA, 1959).

Teaching career

From 1962 through 1964, Charyn taught at his alma mater, Manhattan's High School of Music and Art, and at High School of Performing Arts, popularized in the movie Fame. Charyn lectured in English at the

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in 1965. He was assistant professor of English at

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from 1965 to 1968. He served as a visiting professor in colleges across the country, including

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in 1979 and

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, from 1981 until 1986. From 1988 to 1989, Charyn was Distinguished Professor at the

. From 1995 to 2008, Charyn taught film at American University of Paris, where he is Distinguished Professor ''

emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

''. Charyn serves on the advisory board of the Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA), a research centre at Aix-Marseille University.

Literary career

Charyn often returns to his native Bronx in many of his writings, including a book appropriately named ''El Bronx''. Michael Woolf, who wrote ''Exploding the Genre: The Crime Fiction of Jerome Charyn'', says of Charyn: "Of all the novelists characterized as

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, Charyn is the most radical and inventive. There is in the body of his work a restless creativity which constantly surprises and repeatedly undermines the reader's expectation." One of Charyn's best-known protagonists is Isaac Sidel, a Jewish New York police detective turned mayor, who is the subject of eleven crime novels, including ''Blue Eyes'' and ''Citizen Sidel''. Charyn became interested in writing a crime novel after discovering Ross Macdonald's '' The Galton Case'' (1959). What impressed Charyn most was the narrative voice of sleuth Lew Archer—at once sympathetic and detached, who "deliver both a landscape and a past without least hint of sentimentality."See Charyn's introduction to ''The Isaac Quartet'' (1984), London, Zoomba Books The experiences of Charyn's brother, Harvey, an NYPD homicide detective, added authenticity to this popular series, which attracted a cult following worldwide. After the limited success of his earlier works, Charyn considered publishing the first Sidel novel under what he described as the

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pen name of Joseph da Silva (i.e., to obscure his

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origins), but was convinced by his agent to use his birth name. The ten books were translated into seven languages and remained in print for three decades. In 1991, Charyn co-produced and co-wrote a TV pilot starring Ron Silver as The Good Policemen. More recently, in April 2012, Otto Penzler, founder of Mysterious Press, reissued the entire series as eBooks, co-published by Open Road Media. The October 2012, publication of ''Under the Eye of God'', the first new Sidel thriller in a decade, rebooted the series ahead of a planned adult animated TV drama, to be titled ''Hard Apple''. Charyn's eight graphic novels were teamed him up with artists like Jacques de Loustal,

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and François Boucq, together with whom he won the 1998 Angoulême Grand Prix. Much of his writing in this genre was influenced by the comic books he devoured as a child. Charyn himself says comic books helped him learn to read. Charyn's books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Chinese and 11 other languages. Charyn served as judge for the 2011 National Book Awards in Fiction. He is represented by the literary agency headed by Georges Borchardt. Charyn's personal papers are held by the Fales Library at

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''The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson''

The publication of his 2010 novel ''The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson'' (W.W. Norton) stirred a great deal of controversy. Some critics felt that Charyn was much too brazen in writing in poet

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's voice and surrounding her with invented characters.'' The New York Times'' said this "fits neatly into the flourishing genre of literary body-snatching". In the San Francisco Chronicle, the novel was called a "bodice-ripper". Other critics saw the work as a magical tour de force.

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, writing in ''

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'', said: "Of literary sleights of hand none is more exhilarating for the writer, as none is likely to be riskier, than the appropriation of another—classic—writer's voice." In the'' Globe and Mail'', reviewer William Kowalski wrote: "I had hoped that there was someone like Dickinson out there. My one regret, after finding her, was that I would never get to make her acquaintance. No doubt millions of others feel the same. It's for us that Jerome Charyn has written this book." In ''The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson'', Charyn attempts to bring America's greatest female poet to life by transforming himself into Emily Dickinson. Assuming her voice, he narrates Dickinson's "secret life" to the reader, delving into her childhood, romantic involvements, even her final illness and death. On May 1, 2011, ''The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson'' was named a "Must-Read" book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book and selected as finalist for its annual book award in the fiction category. The French edition of his novel, titled ''la vie secrète d'emily dickinson,'' was released by Rivages in 2013, Charyn says he drew inspiration for his novel from Emily Dickinson's letters and poems. He says of Dickinson: "I am fascinated by her writing and the kind of power she had. Where it came from, I don't think we'll ever know."

"The Collagists"

In 2007 Charyn was asked by the literary website '' Smyles and Fish'', along with lifelong friend, novelist Frederic Tuten, to write an essay about their former colleague and friend Donald Barthelme. The project evolved into a lengthy article, which offers a sort of collage of these three writers and the world of their influences. The work is divided into three parts - an introductory essay on the project by editor-in-chief Iris Smyles, Charyn's essay on Barthelme, and Tuten's piece ''My Autobiography: Portable with Images''. The work also features photos of the three writers and their work, as well as quotes from Barthelme himself.

Advocacy and charity work

In 1968, Charyn joined

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, Dr.

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, William Styron,

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, Henry Miller, James Baldwin and more than 400 others in signing the " Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.

Personal life

Charyn has lived in

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, the Bronx,

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, Paris and

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. He currently divides his time between New York and Paris. During 14 years living in Paris and teaching at the American University, he resisted mastering the French language, fearful of its effect on "the rhythm f my native speech even though French words creep into your vocabulary. I don't want my music interfered with." Charyn is married to Lenore Riegel,
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and voice actor Sam Riegel.

Bibliography

Isaac Sidel series *''Blue Eyes'', Simon & Schuster, 1975 *''Marilyn the Wild'', Arbor House, 1976 *''The Education of Patrick Silver'', Arbor House, 1976 *''Secret Isaac'', Arbor House, 1978 *''The Good Policeman'', Mysterious Press, 1990 *''Maria's Girls'', Warner Books, 1992 *''Montezuma's Man'', Warner Books, 1993 *''Little Angel Street'', Warner Books, 1995 *''El Bronx'', Warner Books, 1997 *''Citizen Sidel'', Mysterious Press, 1999 *''Under the Eye of God'', Mysterious Press and Open Road Media, 2012 *''Winter Warning: An Isaac Sidel Novel'', Pegasus Books, October 2017 *''The Isaac Quartet'', Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002 (Omnibus of the first four Sidel novels) Other novels *''Once upon a Droshky'', McGraw-Hill, 1964 *''On the Darkening Green'', McGraw-Hill, 1965 *''The Man Who Grew Younger'', Harper & Row, 1967 *''Going To Jerusalem'', Viking, 1967 *''American Scrapbook'', Viking, 1969 *''Eisenhower, My Eisenhower'', Holt, 1971 *''The Tar Baby'', Holt, 1973 *''The Franklin Scare'', Arbor House, 1977 *''The Seventh Babe'', Arbor House, 1979 *''The Catfish Man'', Arbor House, 1980 *''Darlin' Bill'', Arbor House, 1980 *''Panna Maria'', Arbor House, 1982 *''Pinocchio's Nose'', Arbor House, 1983 *''War Cries Over Avenue C'', Donald I. Fine, 1985 *''Paradise Man'', Donald I. Fine, 1987 *''Elsinore'', Warner Books, 1991 *''Back to Bataan'', Farrar, Straus (for younger readers), 1993 *''Death of a Tango King'', New York University Press, 1998 *''Captain Kidd'', St. Martin's Press, 1999 *''Hurricane Lady'', Warner Books, 2001 *''The Green Lantern'', Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004 *''Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution'', W.W.Norton, 2008 *''The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson'', W.W.Norton, 2010 * *''Jerzy: A Novel'', Bellevue Literary Press, March 2017 *
The Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt and His Times
', Liveright, 2019 *
Cesare: A Novel of War-Torn Berlin
', Bellevue Literary Press, 2020 *'' Sergeant Salinger'', Bellevue Literary Press, 2021 *'' Big Red'', Liveright, 2022 Short stories and collections (selected) *''The Man Who Grew Younger and Other Stories'', Harper, 1967 *''Bitter Bronx: Thirteen Stories'', Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015, *"The Blue Book of Crime", in ''The New Black Mask'', Harcourt Brace, 1986 *"Fantomas in New York", in ''A Matter of Crime'', Harcourt Brace, 1988 *"Young Isaac", in ''The Armchair Detective'', 1990 * * *"Adonis" in ''The American Scholar'', Winter, 2011 Issue * *Alice's Eyes. American Short Fiction Summer 2011. *The Paperhanger's Wife. Fiction, Number 58. 2012. * *The Major Leaguer. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. September–October 2013. Comics *''La femme du magicien'', art by François Boucq,

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, 1986 (published in English by Dover Press as ''The magician's wife'', 2015) *''Bouche du diable'', art by François Boucq, Casterman, 1990 (published in English by Dover Press as ''Billy Budd, KGB'', 2016) *''Les frères Adamov'', art by Jacques de Loustal, Casterman, 1991 (published in English by Dover Press as ''The boys of Sheriff Street'', 2016) *''Margot'', art by Massimiliano Frezzato, Glénat, 1991–1995 *''Family Man'', art by Joe Staton,

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, 1995 *''Madame Lambert'', art by Andreas Gefe, Arrache Cœur, 1997 *''Le croc du serpent'', art by

, Casterman, 1997 *''Panna Maria'', art by José Antonio Muñoz, Casterman, 1999 (adapted by the homonym novel by Charyn himself) *''White Sonya'', art by Jacques de Loustal, Casterman, 2000 *''Marilyn la dingue'', art by Frédéric Rébéna, Denoël, 2008 (adapted by the novel ''Marilyn the wild'' by Charyn himself) *''Little Tulip'', art by François Boucq, Casterman, 2014 (published in English by Dover Press as ''Little Tulip'', 2017) *''Corb-nez'', art by Emmanuel Civiello,

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, 2018 *''New York Cannibals'', art by François Boucq, Casterman, 2020 (sequel to ''Little Tulip'') Non-fiction *''Metropolis: New York as Myth, Marketplace and Magical Land'', Putnam's, 1986 **Translated and adapted into French by Cécile Bloc-Rodot – ''New York : Chronique d'une ville sauvage'', coll. Découvertes Gallimard (nº 204), Paris: Gallimard, 1994 (also translated into Spanish, Italian, Korean and simplified Chinese, as translated from the French version) *''Movieland: Hollywood and the Great American Dream Culture'', Putnam's, 1989, New York University Press, 1996 *''The Dark Lady from Belorusse'', St. Martin's Press, 1997 *''Hemingway : Portrait de l'artiste en guerrier blessé'', coll. Découvertes Gallimard (nº 371), Paris: Gallimard, 1999 **Trad. into traditional Chinese by Chʻên Li-chʻing – ''Hai Ming Wei: Shang hên lei lei tê wên hsüeh lao ping'', collection "Fa hsien chih lü" (vol. 57), Taipei: China Times Publishing, 2001 *''The Black Swan'', St. Martin's Press, 2000 *''Sizzling Chops & Devilish Spins: Ping-Pong and the Art of Staying Alive'', Four Walls Eight Windows, 2001 * *''Gangsters & Gold Diggers: Old New York, the Jazz Age, and the Birth of Broadway'', Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003 * *''Inside the Hornet's Head: an anthology of Jewish American Writing'', Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005 *''Raised by Wolves: The Turbulent Art and Times of Quentin Tarantino'', Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005 *''Marilyn : La dernière déesse'', Découvertes Gallimard (n° 517), Gallimard, 2007 **''Marilyn: The Last Goddess'' Abrams Discoveries series">List of English-translated volumes of Découvertes Gallimard">Abrams Discoveries series Abrams, 2008 *''Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil'', Yale University Press, American Icon series, March 2011 *''A Loaded Gun: Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century'', Bellevue Literary Press, March 2016 Selected plays and documentaries *''George'' (three-act play) developed at the Actors Studio, under Arthur Penn, staged readings at La Maison des Ecrivains (Paris 1988) and Ubu Repertory Theater (NY 1990) *''Empire State Building'', co-writer, semi-fictional documentary broadcast by Canal Plus, (France 2008) As editor *Editor, The Single Voice: An Anthology of Contemporary Fiction. New York, Collier, 1969 *Editor, The Troubled Vision: An Anthology of Contemporary Short Novels and Passages. New York, Collier, 1970 *Editor, The New Mystery. New York, Dutton, 1993 About Jerome Charyn * * *''The Review of Contemporary Fiction'' Summer 1992 issue, devoted to work of Charyn and José Donoso *''Polar'' (Paris) summer 1995 issue, devoted to Jerome Charyn *''Air France Magazine'' cover story on novel ''Citizen Sidel'', August 1997 *"Notes on the Rhetoric of Anti-Realist Fiction" by Albert Guerard, in ''Tri-Quarterly'' (Evanston, Finding the MusicIllinois), Spring 1974 *"Jerome Charyn: Artist as Mytholept" by Robert L. Patten, in ''Novel'' (Providence, Rhode Island), Fall, 1984 *"Exploding the Genre: The Crime Fiction of Jerome Charyn" by Michael Woolf, in ''American Crime Fiction: Studies in the Genre'' Brian Docherty (ed.), New York, St. Martin's Press, 1988, p. 132 and p. 138. *"Finding the Music: An Interview with Jerome Charyn on ''The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson''"https://journals.openedition.org/erea/1737, Richard Phelan and Sophie Vallas, E-REA 8–2, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4000/erea.1737 *Vallas, Sophie. "The Bronx in Short Trousers: Jerome Charyn's Mischievous Childhood Recollections in The Dark Lady from Belorusse", in Life Writing, Taylor & Francis Online (April 8, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2021.1907890 *Vallas Sophie, "La possibilité d'une île: la mythologie du Bronx, archipel enchanté, dans trois textes autobiographiques de Jerome Charyn", in Nathalie Cochoy et Sylvie Maurel (eds.): L'Art de la ville/ The Art of the City, Anglophonia/ Caliban (Université Toulouse-II-Le Mirail), n°25/2009, p. 75-85. *Vallas Sophie, "D'autres vies dans la mienne : l'écriture (auto)biographique de Jerome Charyn", in Joanny Moulin, Yannick Gouchan et Nguyen Phuong Ngoc, Études biographiques. La biographie au carrefour des humanités, Paris, Honoré Champion, 2018, 135–144. *Vallas Sophie, "Saturne et l'orphelin : les relations familiales dans le cycle Isaac Sidel de Jerome Charyn", in Sylvie Crinquand et Mélanie Joseph-Vilain (eds.), dossier "Le détective en famille", Textes & Contextes, 15–2, 2020.

Literary archives

*Charyn's archives and manuscripts are housed in the Fales Collection at Elmer Holmes Bobst Library of New York University, since 1993.

References

Sources

*Jerome Charyn's introduction to ''The Isaac Quartet'' - Black Box edition of the first four Isaac Sidel books, Four Walls Eight Windows, New York and London, 2002 *''Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers'' *''Exploding The Genre: The Crime Fiction of Jerome Charyn in American Crime Fiction'', Ed. B. Doherty, St Martin's Press 1988 *''Neon Noir'' by Woody Haut, Chapter 6 "From Mean Streets to Dream Streets". Serpents Tail, 1999 *Jerome Charyn Topics, ''The New York Times''

*Jerome Charyn Interview: ''bookreporter.com''

*Jerome Charyn Interview: ''IndieBound.org''

*''Powell's Book Blog''

*''Master of Mythologies: The Fictional Worlds of Jerome Charyn'', Marvin Taylor, Curator, Fales Library

External links

The Fales Library Guide to the Jerome Charyn Papers

Official website

"The Collagists"
at Smyles & Fish * : Charyn discusses chaos and the Bronx, and ping-pong, which inspired his Isaac Sidel crime novel series; the 11th is ''Under the Eye of God'' (Mysterious Press/Open Road Media, October 2012) * : Charyn discusses Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe and his biographical study ''Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil'' (Yale University Press, March 2011) * : Charyn discusses Emily Dickinson and critical reaction to his novel ''The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson'' (W. W. Norton, 2010). (TRT 3:09 min.)
Video:
Charyn discusses Emily Dickinson at Harvard Bookstore, NPR Forum Network Free Lecture (March 2010) * : Charyn discusses his youth in the Bronx, his love for Paris, and his novel ''Johnny One-Eye'' (W. W. Norton, 2008) * : Director Naomi Gryn goes back to the Bronx with authors Jerome Charyn and Frederic Tuten (originally broadcast on Channel 4, BBC, 1993)
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Charyn's novel "The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson"
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Charyn's Isaac Sidel detective/crime fiction series
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Charyn's biography "Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil"
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Charyn's novel "Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution"
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