Biography
The author of the sensational bestseller about Billy Milligan Daniel Kiz could not choose the literary creativity with his fate if not disagreements with their parents. Father and mother saw her son with a graduate of a medical university, while the young man himself was laid with difficulty with the need to learn what the location did not feel.
The situation pushed Kiza to reflections on the effect of intelligence on human life, and later - to writing the story "Flowers for Ergerenon". This work and novel, written on its basis, brought the author world fame.
Childhood and youth
The future researcher of human intelligence appeared on August 9, 1927 in Brooklyn. His parents, according to Wikipedia, were among the Russian Empire, who had Jewish roots. Father William Kiz has earned trading used things, books and scrap metal. Mom Betty Kiz (in Maiden - Alitsky) independently studied cosmetology and worked with private clients.
Daniel graduated from the Senior School named after Thomas Jefferson. The study was given to him easily, because his free time the boy spent behind the books. As the British edition of The Telegraph writes, the young man has poor eyesight from childhood, and the constant fear of blindness made him literally swallowing the foil books.
The year of release was marked by a large quarrel with his parents. Daniela attracted literature, mother and father insisted on medical education. The young man gave way: for several months attended classes at the University of New York, but almost 17 - filed documents for joining the US Marine Service. Even myopia did not prevent the commission.
Until 1946, Kiz served on the oil tanker by a ship accountant. According to The Telegraph, in one of the flights to the young man, the duties of a physician launched, because due to the mistake of the leadership, the crew was left without a doctor. In the same journey, the sailor was poisoned with a lemon essence and, despite the efforts of Kiza, who made an artificial respiration and a half an hour later, died. After that, Daniel had to leave the service and return to Brooklyn.
The future author of "Flowers for Elgernon" decides to study psychology in the Brooklyn College and at the same time earn one hundredsacks of encyclopedias. In 1950, he receives a bachelor's degree and is satisfied with one of the editors to Marvel Science Stories.
Creation
Daniel Kiz began a writing career with comic scripts for Atlas Comics - the predecessor "Marvel Comics". The author worked under the leadership of Stan Lee. In the eyes of the ideologist, KIZ has occupied a more privileged position than other editors.
The writer explained the loyalty to the fact that by that time the work experience in Marvel was gained and managed to publish several short stories in other publications. He was allowed to specialize in horror, fantasy and science fiction. Kiz worked with the artist Basil Vverton.
Among the ideas that have arisen at this time, there was also that contained the plot of the debut novel. However, the story of a person who had to significantly increase the intellect, and then return to the initial level, Daniel did not dare to voice Stan Lee. Later, the writer said that he felt her potential exceeding the border of history for one comic book.
The idea of one of the best works of Kiza was formed in the second half of the 50s. After marriage, the writer moved to Koni-Island and settled an English teacher to school for children with problems in the development of intellect. To create the image of Charlie Gordon - the main character of the story and the novel "Flowers for Elgernon" - pushed the student's question about whether he could go to a standard school if he became smarter.
In 1959, the work on the mentally retained washer of floors, agreeing to participate in the study on an increase in intellect by operations, saw the light on the pages of Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine. A year later, Daniel Kiz was among the owners of the Hugo Prize. High assessment of creativity and the potential of ideas inspired Kiza to write novel based on Novels.
The expanded version of the story about Charlie Gordon came out seven years later, and brought the author not only the award of "Involve", but also a contract in Hollywood. In 1968, the novel was shielded. The film was called Charlie. The painting shot by Ralph Nelson received Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards.
In the same year, the second book of authorship of Kiza is coming out - Roman "Touch". The plot is associated with events after radiation leakage. Simultaneously with the writer Daniel Kiz is engaged in teaching literature at the University of Ohio. The third novel - "Fifth Salley" - is published 12 years later. Creating a work, the author relies on the knowledge of psychology and for the first time turns to the problem of the hero with a dissociative personality disorder.
To this topic Kiza pushed the case of Billy Milligan. The victims of the accused of rape of the Americans became a student of the university, in which the writer was taught. However, Milligan escaped prisons, because during the proceedings it turned out that he suffers from a mental disorder, in which consciousness periodically occupies one of 24 personalities.
KIZ conducted a series of interviews with milligan, which served as the basis of the Billy Billigan story book. The continuation is the book of "War of Milligan" - was published four years later. Completed the creativity of the novelist book "to the very death" (1998) and "Prophecies of psychiatric hospital" (2009). Also at the turn of Millennium KIZ published memoirs.
Personal life
The spouse of Daniel Kiza was called Ori Vasquez. The couple got married in the 50s and lived in the western part of Kon Island. For both it was the first marriage. Together they lived over 60 years and have never thought about divorce. Two daughters rose in the family - Leslie and Hilary.Death Daniel Kiza
The writer died on June 15, 2014. As the New York Times newspaper reported, with reference to Daniel Leslie's daughter, the reason for death was complications after the suffered pneumonia. His wife Ori Vasquez died a year earlier.
Interesting Facts
- Between Kiz and Milligan during the conversations, the relationship of peculiar friendship was established. As a result, when in 1986, Billy escaped from the Central psychiatric hospital Ohio, he called Daniel first. Milligan said that he did not feel safe, remaining in the hospital. The writer advised him to trust the administration of the institution. After 4 months, Milligan detained policemen.
- Daniel Kiz and Billy Milligan died in one year. At the time of death, Kizu was 86 years old, milligan - 39 years. The cause of the death of the second was the oncological disease.
- KIZ is famous not only by novels. In 1993, a collection of stories came out. One of the most popular is the story of "Mad Maro".
- The writer is sometimes confused with Ken Kizi - an American author who released the novel "flying over the cuckoo nest." However, the creativity of the writers is impossible to confuse: if the priority genre of Kiza books is science fiction and non-Fikshn, then Kizi is a bright representative of the cohorts of hipsters and postmodernists. His texts influenced the formation of hippie culture.
Shielding
- 1968 - Figure Film "Charlie" (on the novel "Flowers for Eldgernon")
- 2000 - Telefilm "Flowers for Eldzernon"
- 2006 - Feature film "Flowers for Erzernon"
- 2006 - Series "Hello, God!" (on the novel "Flowers for Elgernon")
- 2014 - Telefilm "Flowers for Eldzernon"
- 2015 - TV series "Flowers for Egernon"
Bibliography
- 1966 - "Flowers for Eldgernon"
- 1968 - "Touch"
- 1980 - "Fifth Salley"
- 1982 - "Multiple Billy Milligan Miles"
- 1986 - "Milligan Wars"
- 1986 - "Brillved Claudia"
- 1998 - "To the death"
- 1993 - "Collection of Story Daniel Kiza"
- 2000 - "Ellernon, Charlie and I: the author's journey"
- 2009 - "Prophecies of psychiatric hospital"