Ira Levin (1929 - 2007)

Август 27, 2022

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2. Levin was born in the Bronx. But his family relocated to the Upper West Side of
3. A Kiss Before Dying Levin's first novel, A Kiss Before Dying, was well received, earning him
4. Deathtrap Levin's best-known play is Deathtrap, the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway and it brought Levin his
6. This Perfect Day This Perfect Day belongs to the genre of anti-utopian novels. The action begins
7. UniComp’s world Everyone wears a bracelet. If you want to go somewhere, you hold your bracelet
8. Chip is a maverick We first see Li RM35M4419 as a child, nicknamed "Chip" by his
9. Levin was married and divorced twice, and had three sons (from the first marriage) and four
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Levin was born in the Bronx. But his family relocated to

the Upper West Side of Manhattan when he was 13. He graduated New York University with a degree in English and philosophy in 1950. During his senior year in college, he took second place ($200) in a screenwriting competition sponsored by CBS TV. Later the same script was bought by NBC for $400.

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A Kiss Before Dying

Levin's first novel, A Kiss Before Dying, was well

received, earning him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. A Kiss Before Dying was turned into a movie twice, first in 1956, and again in 1991.

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Deathtrap
Levin's best-known play is Deathtrap, the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway and it brought Levin

his second Edgar Award. In 1982, it was also made into a film.

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This Perfect Day
This Perfect Day belongs to the genre of anti-utopian novels.

The action begins in the year 141 of the Unification - the establishment of global government, which finally led to consolidating all the world's super-computers into one colossal apparatus lodged deep below the Swiss Alps UniComp knows everything; where you are, what you are doing, who you should marry, what sort of work you should do - everything!

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UniComp’s world
Everyone wears a bracelet. If you want to go somewhere,

you hold your bracelet over a scanner and UniComp decides whether or not you will be admitted. UniComp decides whether or not you'll have children. But sometimes a person wants something that UniComp will not allow. These people are mentally ill but UniComp lovingly repairs their minds.

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Chip is a maverick
We first see Li RM35M4419 as a

child, nicknamed "Chip" by his nonconformist grandfather. Chip grows up and his career begins.
He is suddenly recruited by a group of secret resisters, who meet in the local pre-Unification museum and coach Chip into acting drugged to get his mind-altering treatments reduced. Chip is careless, and is discovered, and through him the whole group. Later Chip plans to destroy UniComp…

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