Mordecai Roshwald

Mordecai Roshwald
Mordecai Roshwald
Born	Mordecai Marceli Roshwald; May 26, 1921; Drohobycz, [Poland]
Died	March 19, 2015 (aged 93)[1]; Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Occupation	Academic and writer

Mordecai Marceli Roshwald (May 26, 1921 – March 19, 2015) was an American academic and writer. Born in Drohobycz, Ukraine to Jewish parents, Roshwald later emigrated to Israel.[2] His most famous work is Level 7 (1959), a post-apocalyptic science-fiction novel. He is also the author of A Small Arrmageddon (1962) and Dreams and Nightmares: Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction (2008).

Roshwald was a "professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Minnesota, and a visiting professor at many universities worldwide."[3]

He lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the time of his death.

References

"Mordecai Roshwald Notice". The Washington Post. March 21, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
Mike Strozier, "An Interview With Author Dr. Mordecai Roshwald", Bookpleasures, November 22, 2009.
Mordecai Roshwald, Level 7 Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, edited and with a new foreword by David Seed, University of Wisconsin Press.

External links

Mordecai Roshwald at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Mike Strozier, "An Interview With Author Dr. Mordecai Roshwald", Bookpleasures, November 22, 2009.

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[1] "Mordecai Roshwald Notice". The Washington Post. March 21, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[2] Mike Strozier, "An Interview With Author Dr. Mordecai Roshwald", Bookpleasures, November 22, 2009.

[3] Mordecai Roshwald, Level 7 Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, edited and with a new foreword by David Seed, University of Wisconsin Press.