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Bret Easton Ellis

Ellis at the 2006 book fair in Leipzig, Germany
Born March 7, 1964 (1964-03-07) (age 44)
Los Angeles, California
Occupation novelist
Genres Satire
Literary movement Postmodern
Influences
Influenced
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Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human This is a list of modern literary movements: that is movements after the Renaissance. The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain tendencies in post- World War II literature Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner) ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American Author Don DeLillo (born November 20 1936 is an American author best known for his Novels which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American Journalist, Essayist and Novelist Didion contributes regularly to Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Michel Houellebecq (miʃɛl wɛlˈbɛk (born Michel Thomas) born 26 February 1958 (birth certificate or 1956 on the French island of Réunion Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk (ˈpɑːlənɪk born February 21 1962) is an American Transgressional fiction Novelist Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West American literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. He is considered to be one of the major Generation X authors and was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack,[1] which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. Generation X is a term used to describe generations in the United States and other countries born between the approximate years of 1965 to 1981 the late 1950s and 1960s or The " literary Brat Pack " was a term created by the media to refer to a group of young authors in the 1980s Tama John Barrett McInerney Jr (born January 13, 1955 in Hartford Connecticut) (ˈmækənɝni is an American Writer. He has called himself a moralist,[2] although he has often been pegged as a nihilist. Nihilism (from the Latin nihil, nothing is a philosophical position that argues that Existence is without objective meaning Purpose His characters are young, generally vacuous people, who are aware of their depravity but choose to enjoy it. The novels are also linked by common, recurring characters, and dystopic locales (such as Los Angeles and New York). A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City of New York

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Biography

He was born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles and raised in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley, the son of Robert Martin Ellis, a wealthy property developer, and Dale Ellis, a homemaker. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Sherman Oaks is an 81-square-mile district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California. The San Fernando Valley or The Valley is an urbanized Valley located in the north-western section of the city of Los Angeles California, United States His parents divorced in 1982. He was educated at The Buckley School, where he did not distinguish himself; then he took a music-based course at Bennington College in Vermont, which is thinly disguised as Camden Arts College in his novel The Rules Of Attraction and his other books. Bennington College is a nationally recognized liberal arts college located in Bennington Vermont. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The Rules of Attraction is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987 and made into a film by the same name in 2002 He was a part-time musician in 1980s bands such as The Parents before his first book was published (while he was still a student). Less Than Zero, a tale of disaffected, rich teenagers of Los Angeles, was praised by critics and sold well (50,000 copies in its first year). Less Than Zero is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1985. He moved to New York City in 1987 for the publication of his second novel.

The Rules of Attraction followed a group of sexually promiscuous college students, and sold fairly well, though Ellis admits he felt he had "fallen off", after the novel failed to match the success of his debut effort. The Rules of Attraction is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987 and made into a film by the same name in 2002

His most controversial work, the graphically violent novel American Psycho, was intended to be published by Simon & Schuster, but they withdrew after external protests from interest groups such as the NOW and many others due to the perceived misogynistic nature of the book. American Psycho is a Thriller novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1991 Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L The National Organization for Women ( NOW) is the largest American Feminist organization Misogyny (mɪˈsɒdʒɪni is hatred (or contemptof women Misogyny is parallel to Misandry — the hatred of men The novel was later published by Vintage. Vintage Books was founded in 1954 by Alfred A Knopf as a trade Paperback home for its authors Some consider this novel, whose protagonist, Patrick Bateman, is both a cartoonishly materialistic yuppie and a serial killer, to be an example of transgressive art. The Protagonist or main character is the central figure of a story. Patrick Bateman is a Fictional character, the Anti-hero and Narrator of the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis The term yuppie (short for " young urban professional A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based Transgressive art refers to Art forms that aim to transgress i American Psycho has achieved considerable cult status.

Personal life

In August 2005, Ellis broke his silence about his bisexuality and told The New York Times that his best friend and lover for six years, Michael Wade Kaplan, died in January 2004, at the age of 30. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation The article entitled, "Bret Easton Ellis: The Man in the Mirror" states the following about Michael Wade Kaplan and Bret Easton Ellis' relationship:

“ The other dedication is to Michael Wade Kaplan, who Mr. Ellis said was his best friend and lover for six years, and who died, in January 2004, at the age of 30. They did not live together, Mr. Ellis said: "It was a very loose kind of partnership. It was not particularly conventional, and neither one of us was interested in the lifestyle, I guess. "

Mr. Kaplan died barely a month after Mr. Ellis had traveled from New York to Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his mother and two sisters, as he has in most years since he finished college and moved to Manhattan. He planned to spend a few months finishing the final draft of "Lunar Park" and then return to New York.

Instead, he said, Mr. Kaplan's unexpected death left him in a tailspin. He did not attend the funeral in Michigan, he said, because he could not even bring himself to leave his room - the room in his mother's house in Sherman Oaks, in the San Fernando Valley, where he grew up. And he stayed in Los Angeles for 19 months, shuffling from mother to sister to friend and finally a series of hotels, suffering what he calls "a midlife crisis. "

"His death was a big catalyst to finish the novel", Mr. Ellis said, and it probably added "a new layer of wistfulness and melancholy to the writing" that had not been there before.

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His latest novel, Lunar Park, was dedicated to Michael Wade Kaplan as well as his father, Robert Ellis, about whom he speaks openly in interviews done while promoting this novel. Robert Ellis died in 1992. In one interview[3] he states:

“ Saying that: I suppose there were moments during the writing of Lunar Park that made me sad because I was writing about unresolved feelings I had about my father and I was drawing on a lot of negative stuff that had happened between the two of us. On the other hand, by the time I finished the book I felt liberated. I did feel I had worked something out between the two of us – even though my main intention was to write a fun genre novel. When his ashes are spread at the end of the book I felt something lift off me. ”

In yet another interview[4] Bret Easton Ellis comments:

“ My feelings have changed. You get older, you mellow out. My father was a tough case and there was a lot of damage done. But since his death in 1992—and writing about the feelings I have experienced and that are detailed throughout Lunar Park—obviously I’ve thought about him differently than I did, say, when I was writing Glamorama (which I had begun writing while he was still alive), which at the heart of its conspiracy concerns the relationship between a father and a son. To a certain degree I’ve worked out a lot of issues I had with him, but I think a residue of anger and defeat will always exist. A child should never even think about being a "good son. " A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not the child himself. And the "perfect dad"? I shudder at thinking what that may be. ”

Bret Easton Ellis has said that the character of Patrick Bateman, from American Psycho, was originally based on his father. [5]

Bibliography

Films

Less Than Zero was made into a film in 1987, directed by Marek Kanievska and starring Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr and Jami Gertz. Less Than Zero is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1985. The year 1985 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Rules of Attraction is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1987 and made into a film by the same name in 2002 The year 1987 in literature involved some significant events and new books American Psycho is a Thriller novel by Bret Easton Ellis published in 1991 The year 1991 in literature involved some significant events and new books The Informers is a collection of linked short stories by Bret Easton Ellis first published in 1994. The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books Glamorama is a Novel by Bret Easton Ellis. It was published by Alfred A The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books Lunar Park is a combined semi- autobiographical novelization of the life of Bret Easton Ellis and is a Ghost story in the vein of Stephen The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books Imperial Bedrooms is the forthcoming seventh novel from Bret Easton Ellis, which will be a sequel to Less Than Zero. Andrew McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American Actor. Robert John Downey Jr (born April 4 1965 is an American Jami Beth Gertz (born October 28 1965 is an American actress Gertz is known for her early roles in the film The Lost Boys, Quicksilver, American Psycho was filmed in 2000, directed by Mary Harron and starring Christian Bale. Mary Harron (born January 12 1953) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter most well known for her films I Shot Andy Warhol Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British The Rules of Attraction was filmed in 2002, directed by Roger Avary and starring James Van Der Beek and Shannyn Sossamon. The Rules of Attraction ( 2002) is a dark satirical film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Roger Roberts Avary (born August 23, 1965) is a Canadian -born motion picture director, producer and Oscar -winning Screenwriter James William Van Der Beek Jr (born March 8, 1977) is an American television and film Actor, known for his role as Dawson Leery Shannon Marie Kahololani Sossamon (born October 3, 1978) better known as Shannyn Sossamon, is an American actress, Musician A film based on Glamorama was set for a 2007 release, again directed by Avary, but has been delayed for unknown reasons. Additionally, there is a film called Glitterati made from additional footage that was filmed for "The Rules of Attraction. Glitterati is a 2004 film directed by Roger Avary assembled from the 70 hours of video footage shot for the European sequence of The Rules "

A film about Ellis, titled This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis, was made in 2000. The film is a combination of a documentary on his life as well as dramatizations of scenes from his books. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality

An adaptation of the collection of short stories The Informers by Ellis is in post-production due for release this year (2008). The Informers is a collection of linked short stories by Bret Easton Ellis first published in 1994. Directed by Gregor Jordan, script written by Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki, staring the late Brad Renfro. Gregor Jordan (born 1966 is an Australian film director Jordan's films include Two Hands (1999 Buffalo Soldiers (2001 and

He recently wrote the screenplay for a film titled The Frog King which is set to start filming with Joseph Gordon-Levitt starring. [1]

His latest novel, Lunar Park, is being made into a movie looking towards a 2009 release date. It was adapted into a screenplay by Lane Shadgett.

Recurring characters

Ellis often uses recurring characters and settings. Major characters in one novel may become minor ones in the next, or vice versa. Camden College, a fictional New England liberal arts college, is frequently referenced. Camden College is a fictional Liberal arts College which appears in the works of Bret Easton Ellis, Jill Eisenstadt, and in Jonathan History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the The term liberal arts refers to a particular type of educational Curriculum broadly defined as a Classical education. It is based on Bennington College, which Ellis himself attended, where he met and befriended fellow writer Donna Tartt. Bennington College is a nationally recognized liberal arts college located in Bennington Vermont. Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels The Secret History

In popular culture

On Bloc Party's 2007 album A Weekend in the City, the opening track, "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)", is based on the main character from Ellis's novel Less Than Zero. Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band composed of Kele Okereke on vocals and Rhythm guitar, Russell Lissack on A Weekend in the City is the second Studio album by Bloc Party, which was released on 5 February 2007. [6]

An album by Porcupine Tree, Fear of a Blank Planet, was largely inspired by Ellis' novel, Lunar Park. Porcupine Tree are a Progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Fear of a Blank Planet (also Transmission 61) is the ninth studio album by British Progressive rock band Porcupine Tree [7] While the novel is told from the father's point of view, the record is mostly from the son's point of view, although "My Ashes" reflects the regrets of the son's dead grandfather as they scatter his ashes, referencing the scene at the end of Lunar Park.

Eminem's group D12 have two songs called 'American Psycho' and 'American Psycho 2'

The Misfits have a song called American Psycho off their 1999 album American Psycho. Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17 1972 known as Slim Shady and his primary Stage name Eminem, is an Academy Award -winning D12 (also known as D-12, The Dirty Dozen, D-Twizzy and Detroit-Twelve) is an American hip hop group from Detroit The Misfits are an American The song is written about Patrick Bateman and references the story many times. .

Bret Easton Ellis is mentioned in the songs "Obsessions" by the UK band Suede and "The Booklovers" by the Northern Irish band The Divine Comedy. Suede (or The London Suede in the United States) were an English rock band of the 1990s and the early 2000s that helped start the Britpop musical The Divine Comedy are a British pop band from Northern Ireland fronted by Neil Hannon.

Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers wrote a song about the character Patrick Bateman entitled 'Patrick Bateman'. Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as the " Manics " or " MSP " are a Welsh rock band consisting of James The song was featured on the B-side of their single La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) released July 26, 1993. " La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh " is the second single to be released from the album Gold Against the Soul by the Welsh rock Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The song gained a small amount of notoriety for the line 'I fucked God up the ass'.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Birnbaum v. Bret Easton Ellis. This is a list of Novelists from the United States, listed with titles of a major work for each This is a list of some (not all notable Writers in the Horror fiction genre. Transgressional or transgressive fiction is a Genre of Literature that focuses on characters who feel confined by the norms and expectations of society Splatterpunk is a term that David J Schow coined in the mid-1980s at the World Fantasy Convention in Providence refers to a movement within Horror fiction The Morning News. themorningnews. org (2006-01-19). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor
  2. ^ Bret Easton Ellis loses a few marbles in `Lunar Park'. Taipei Times. taipeitimes. com (2005-08-21). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor
  3. ^ Dennis Widmyer. Bret Easton Ellis. Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
  4. ^ A Conversation with Bret Easton Ellis. Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
  5. ^ Author Q & A: A conversation with Bret Easton Ellis. randomhouse. com. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor
  6. ^ Exclusive: Kele Okereke Talks New Bloc Party Album. Pitchfork Media (2006-06-08). Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Retrieved on 2007-02-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor
  7. ^ An Interview with Porcupine Tree // Planet-Loud Dot Com

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NAME Ellis, Bret Easton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American novelist
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles, California
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
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