Background
Alan Isler was born on September 12, 1934, in London, the United Kingdom.
Alan Isler was born on September 12, 1934, in London, the United Kingdom.
Isler graduated from Hunter College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961. Next year, he received his Master of Arts degree at Columbia University. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree specializing in sixteenth-century literature in 1966.
Aflter leaving his native England for the United States at age 18, Isler served in the US Army from 1954 to 1956. Next year he started his education, and only in 1965, he started his career as a professor of English at Huron College, University of Western Ontario. Two years later he started teaching Renaissance Literature at Queens College, City University of New York. He worked there till 1995. Since then, Isler worked as a freelance writer. In 1971-1972 Isler was also a visiting lecturer at Tel-Aviv University.
Isler is best known for his first novel “The Prince of West End Avenue”, which took many awards and was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has also published four other works during his career: “Kraven Images” (1996); “The Bacon Fancier” (1999); “Clerical Errors” (2002); and “The Living Proof” (2005). Isler was also a contributor to periodicals, including University of Toronto Quarterly.
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