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Eric Lax is an American biographer and author of On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy as well as several other books and articles. Biographers are Authors who write an account of another person's life while autobiographers are authors who write their own Biography.

He graduated from Hobart College in 1966 with a major in English. Upon graduating he joined the Peace Corps serving in Chuuk and the Caroline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency. Chuuk &mdash formerly Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus &mdash is an island group in the south western The Caroline Islands form a large Archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions After completing his two year placement, he worked in Washington D.C., with the Peace Corps organization in a capacity that allowed him travel to more than 40 countries worldwide[1]. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D

He left the Peace Corps in 1970 to pursue writing full time. Lax's interest in comedy led to his first book, On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy in 1975, which was part biography of Woody Allen and part general treatise on comdey. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and

In 1984 Lax wrote Life and Death on 10 West about the bone marrow transplantation ward at the UCLA Medical Center, which was headed at the time by his college classmate Dr. Robert Peter Gale. Life and Death on 10 West was recognized by The New York Times Book Review as one of the Notable Books of the Year and received an award from the Leukemia Society of America[1]. The New York Times Book Review is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to The New York Times in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (wwwllsorg is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood Cancer research education and patient services Lax later authored or coauthored biographies of Paul Newman, Humphrey Bogart, and Howard Walter Florey. Paul Leonard Newman (January 26 1925 &ndash September 26 2008 was an Academy Award Howard Walter Florey Baron Florey, OM, FRS, ( September 24, 1898 &ndash February 21, 1968) was an Australian

In addition to writing biographical books, Lax has written articles that have appeared in several periodical publications including the The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Washington Monthly, and The Washington Post[2]. The Atlantic (formerly known as The Atlantic Monthly) is an American Magazine founded in Boston in 1857 Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed The New York Times Magazine is a supplement to the Sunday The New York Times newspaper Vanity Fair is an American magazine of Culture, Fashion, and Politics published by Condé Nast Publications. The Washington Monthly is a monthly Magazine of United States Politics and Government that is based in Washington D The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D He has worked as a contributing editor of Esquire magazine [2]. Esquire is a Men's magazine by the Hearst Corporation with a strong literary tradition He is also a member of the Board of Visitors, at the California Institute of the Arts; a board member and past president of PEN American Center West; a member of the International PEN Board; and chair of the trustees of the International PEN Foundation [2]. The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia California, a suburb of Los Angeles California. PEN American Center (PEN founded in 1922 and based in New York City, works to advance Literature, to defend Free expression, and to foster international For the "Postsecondary Education Network International" see PEN-International International PEN, the worldwide association of

Eric Lax has appeared in several video biographies and currently lives in Los Angeles [3].

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  1. ^ a b William Smith Centennial :: William Smith Leaders : Eric Lax ’66
  2. ^ a b c Eric Lax
  3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1404168/ accessed 16 February 2008
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