Writing, reading, hedonism, literature, humour (poor and tasteless), banter
Movies
Jon Lacey sings the opening lines to The Pornographer of Vienna to the enduring tune of Daniel by Elton John. And some people had the gall to claim it couldn't be done.
Television
Italian TV on Schiele's works and me...
Books
Vladimir Nabokov, David Mitchell, Julian Barnes, Erich Fried, Ota Pavel, Milan Kundera, DBC Pierre, Bohumil Hrabal, Georg Trakl, Karel Capek, Samuel Beckett, William Boyd, Rainer Maria Rilke, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig, Tracy Chevalier, Mario Vargas Llosa, The Pornographer of Vienna ... of course!
Heroes
Vladimir Nabokov and David Hasselhoff
Here's a quirky little look at Schiele's life...
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About me: My name is Lewis Crofts and I am a writer based in Brussels. I have an unhealthy obsession with the Austrian iconoclast Egon Schiele. Some of his most touching and celebrated works are below. My novel based on his life entitled "The Pornographer of Vienna" came out in June 2007. For more details, click here [www.lewiscrofts.com]
Reviews
The Guardian “A bold reimagining of the short, frenetic life of Egon Schiele, Crofts's debut doesn't shrink from depicting the squalor of his existence and powerfully evokes his uncompromising talent.”
Metro “Confidently imagined...insightful...Crofts has written a sparkling debut that is as enlightening as it is entertaining.”
Jon McGregor, author of ‘If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things’ “Utterly engrossing. I found myself drawn into Schiele's reeling world with its reek of wet paint and sex.”
Financial Times “This book is thoroughly researched, and Schiele’s short life and the morals of Austro-Hungarian society are well described. The author is bewitched by his subject’s decadence and by the period’s historical detail.”
Liz Jensen, author of ‘Ark Baby’ and ‘The Ninth Life of Louis Drax’ “Lewis Crofts' poignant debut captures the turbulence, the vividness and the tragedy of Egon Schiele's life with rare skill and empathy.”
NUDE Magazine "What really makes this novel stand out is Lewis Crofts' imaginative and intimate telling of the tale. The book practically reeks of wet paint and lascivious goings-on.”
Vogue "Persecuted, imprisoned and spurned by society. Schiele's is a dramatic story."
Ruth Atkins, Fiction buyer at Borders UK “Crofts writes with a great sense of time and place in this arresting novel.”
The Times of Malta "Mr Crofts's figurative language makes The Pornographer of Vienna an entertaining novel. By combining fact with his own literary creativity, Mr Crofts paints pictures of a daring young man in a conservative society."
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Who I'd like to meet: Anyone interested in (a) writing, art, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, David Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, Karl Marx, Alfons Mucha and languages; or (b) poor jokes, practical jokes, tasteless jokes, David Hasselhoff
Congratulations brother!! You have really catched the "docet umbra", shadows show most of time in live that suspicious lights. You are not pronographer, you are great, pronographer are the politics!!!! GREAT WORK!
My debut novel, The Cuckoo Parchment and the Dyke – which is about Dada, art and artists - is now available. If you can spare a moment, please visit my profile to find out more.
Bedankt voor de vriendschap Thanks for the friendship Danke für ihren freundschaft Merci pour l’amitier Grazie per l’amicizia a reader and dreamer from Haaksbergen, the Netherlands
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