David Mamet
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born
November 30, 1947
gender
male
place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction
about this author
David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for his exploration of masculinity.
As a playwright, he received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997).
His recent books include The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004), a Torah commentary, with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006), a study of Jewish ...more
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Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet avg rating 4.08 — 823 ratings — published 1982 7 editions |
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Oleanna: A Play by David Mamet avg rating 3.70 — 613 ratings — published 1993 7 editions |
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True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet avg rating 3.93 — 335 ratings — published 1997 5 editions |
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Sexual Perversity in Chicago and the Duck Variations: Two Plays by David Mamet avg rating 3.51 — 297 ratings — published 1977 4 editions |
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American Buffalo by David Mamet avg rating 3.64 — 281 ratings — published 1975 9 editions |
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On Directing Film by David Mamet avg rating 3.77 — 239 ratings — published 1991 2 editions |
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Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet avg rating 3.74 — 240 ratings — published 1988 5 editions |
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Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business by David Mamet avg rating 3.43 — 250 ratings — published 2007 4 editions |
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Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama by David Mamet avg rating 3.91 — 193 ratings — published 1998 4 editions |
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Writing in Restaurants: Essays and Prose by David Mamet avg rating 3.73 — 172 ratings — published 1987 3 editions |
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""You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see, they die of shame. 'What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?' And so they sit there and they... die. Because they didn't do the one thing that would save their lives. Thinking.""
— David Mamet
— David Mamet
