Background

MANKOWITZ, Wolf was born on November 7, 1924 in Bethnal Green, London. Son of Solomon Mankowitz and Rebecca Brick.

Education

Master of Arts, Downing College, Cambridge, England, 1944.

Career

Make me an Offer 1954, A Kid for Two Farthings 1954, The Bespoke Overcoat 1955 (Venice Film Festival; The Boyehik 1954, The Bespoke Overcoat 1955, The Mighty Hunter, Expresso Bongo (musicali 1958, Make Me an Offer (musical) 1959, Belle (musical) 1961, Pickwick (musical) 1963, Passion Flower Hotel (musical) 1965, The Samson Riddle The Hebrew Lesson 1978, Samson and Delilah 1978, Iron Butterflies 1980. Television includes: Conflict series, East End, West End series. The Killing Stones play-cycle 1958, A Cure for Tin Ear 1965, The Battersea Miracle 1966, Dickens of London series 1976. Exhibition: Recent Collages, Davis Gallery', Dublin 1990.; The Bespoke Overcoat and Other Plays 1955, Expresso Bongo 1961, The Samson Riddle 1. <~ Histories: The Portland Vase 1953, Wedgwood 1953, An Encyclopedia of English Pottery and Porcelain 1957, Dickens of London (TV script also) 1976; Biography: The Extraordinary Mr. Poe 1978, Mazeppa 1981; also The Wolf Mankowitz Reader (collection) 1961. Adjunct professor English University New Mexico, 1982-1986, adjunct professor theatre arts, since 1987. Honorary consul Republic of Panama, Dublin, Ireland, 1971.

Works

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  • The Bloomsbury Group Collection: 5 books (Mrs Tim of the Regiment / A Kid For Two Farthings / Henriettas War / The Brontes Went to Woolworths / Loves Shadow rrp £39.95)

    (The Bloomsbury Group Collection: 5 books Mrs Tim of the ...)

  • The Bloomsbury Group Collection: 5 books (Mrs Tim of the Regiment / A Kid For Two Farthings / Henriettas War / The Brontes Went to Woolworths / Loves Shadow rrp £39.95)

    (The Bloomsbury Group Collection: 5 books Mrs Tim of the ...)

  • Kid for Two Farthings (New Windmills)

    (One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this ...)

  • Kid for Two Farthings (New Windmills)

    (One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this ...)

  • Bespoke Overcoat, The

    ( Wolf Mankowitz Tragedy Characters: 4 male Fender, a...)

  • A Kid For Two Farthings/Make Me An Offer

    ("A seamless blend of child's-eye magic realism and the jo...)

  • A Kid For Two Farthings/Make Me An Offer

    ("A seamless blend of child's-eye magic realism and the jo...)

  • A Kid For Two Farthings/Make Me An Offer

    ("A seamless blend of child's-eye magic realism and the jo...)

  • A Kid For Two Farthings/Make Me An Offer

    ("A seamless blend of child's-eye magic realism and the jo...)

  • A Night With Casanova

    (In this novel, the ageing Chevalier, Casanova, muses on h...)

  • Dickens of London / Wolf Mankowitz

    (Dickens of London / Wolf Mankowitz [Hardcover])

  • Dickens of London / Wolf Mankowitz

    (Dickens of London / Wolf Mankowitz [Hardcover])

  • Dickens of London

    (DICKENS OF LONDON by Wolf Mankowitz. 1977 First American ...)

  • Dickens of London

    (DICKENS OF LONDON by Wolf Mankowitz. 1977 First American ...)

  • COCKATRICE

    (London published Fiction)

  • Mazeppa, the Lives, Loves, and Legends of Adah Isaacs Menken: A Biographical Quest

    (Book by Mankowitz, Wolf)

  • The Portland Vase and the Wedgwood Copies

    (Hardcover)

  • The Portland Vase and the Wedgwood Copies

    (Hardcover)

  • Wedgwood

    (new)

  • Make Me an Offer
  • A Kid For Two Farthings Together With Make Me An Offer
  • Make Me an Offer & A Kid for Two Farthings
  • A Kid For Two Farthings Together With Make Me An Offer
  • Make Me an Offer & A Kid for Two Farthings
  • Kid for Two Farthings (New Windmills)
  • A Kid for Two Farthings: Make Me an Offer
  • Laugh Till You Cry
  • Laugh till you cry, an advertisement.
  • LAUGH TILL YOU CRY, THE MENDELMAN FIRE, THE INSPECTOR, TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS AND THE BIGGEST PIG IN BARBADOS.
  • Salt / Cockatrice (unabridged)
  • THE BIGGEST PIG ON BARBADOS
  • LAUGH TILL YOU CRY, THE MENDELMAN FIRE, THE INSPECTOR, TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS AND THE BIGGEST PIG IN BARBADOS.
  • The Penguin Wolf Mankowitz
  • Raspberry Reich
  • Magic Cabinet of Professor Smucker
  • Exquisite cadaver : being a collage of the life and times of Les Lhooq, deceased dadaist, surrealist and petty criminal ...
  • Exquisite Cadaver : Being a Collage of the Lives and Times of Leo Lhooq, Deceased Dadaist, Surrealist and Petty Criminal, Together with Amusing Facts Concerning the Monetarization of the Works of This Third-rate Artificer ...
  • Exquisite Cadaver being a collage of the Lives and Times of Leo Lhooq Deceased D
  • The Mendelman Fire
  • THE MENDELMAN FIRE & OTHER STORIES
  • LAUGH TILL YOU CRY, THE MENDELMAN FIRE, THE INSPECTOR, TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS AND THE BIGGEST PIG IN BARBADOS.
  • Blue Arabian Nights
  • The Day of the Women and the Night of the Men
  • The Extraordinary Mr. Poe
  • Extraordinary Mr Poe - Biography Of Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Extraordinary Mr. Poe 1St edition by Mankowitz, Wolf (1978) Hardcover
  • THE EXTRAORDINARY MR. POE. A Biography. SIGNED copy.
  • Make Me an Offer
  • A Kid For Two Farthings Together With Make Me An Offer
  • Make Me an Offer & A Kid for Two Farthings
  • A Kid For Two Farthings Together With Make Me An Offer
  • Make Me an Offer & A Kid for Two Farthings
  • Kid for Two Farthings (New Windmills)
  • A Kid for Two Farthings: Make Me an Offer
  • Plays: " The Samson Riddle " , " The Hebrew Lesson " , " The Bespoke Overcoat " , " It Should Happen
  • Plays: "The Samson Riddle" , "The Hebrew Lesson" , "The Bespoke Overcoat" , "It Should Happen to a Dog" , "The Mighty Hunter" (Oberon Modern Playwrights) by Wolf Mankowitz (12-Dec-2006) Paperback
  • [(Bespoke Overcoat)] [Author: Wolf Mankowitz] published on (February, 2011)
  • Expresso Bongo (Drama Library)
  • EXPRESSO BONGO, A WOLF MANKOWITZ READER
  • Expresso Bongo, and Two Other Stories
  • Expresso Bongo. A Musical Play in Two Acts.
  • Expresso Bongo: From an original story by Wolf Mankowitz (Evans plays)
  • Make Me An Offer And A Kid For Two Farthings Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman & James Boswell
  • SALT, COCKATRICE Reading for Men
  • Devil in Texas
  • Make Me An Offer And A Kid For Two Farthings Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman & James Boswell
  • A Kid for Two Farthings: Make Me an Offer
  • A Kid for Two Farthings: Make Me an Offer
  • The Long and the Short and the Tall]
  • Make Me An Offer And A Kid For Two Farthings Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman & James Boswell
  • Make Me An Offer And A Kid For Two Farthings Illustrated by Leonard Rosoman & James Boswell
  • Mazeppa
  • Hebrew Lesson: Play (Evans one act plays)
  • Dickens Of London - Book Club Edition.
  • Dickens Of London. With Numerous Illustrations.
  • Dickens Of London - Book Club Edition.
  • Dickens Of London. With Numerous Illustrations.

• Other Work

  • Author: Make Me An Offer, 1952, A Kid for Two Farthings, 1953, Laugh Till You Cry, 1955, My Old Man's a Dustman, 1956, Cockatrice, 1963, The Biggest Pig in Barbados, 1965, Penguin Wolf Mankowitz, 1967, Raspberry Reich, 1979, Abracadabra!, 1980, The Devil in Texas, 1984, Gioconda, 1987, The Magic Cabinet of Professor Smucker, 1988, Exquisite Cadaver, 1990, A Night With Casanova, 1991, (short stories) The Mendelman Fire, 1957, The Blue Arabian Nights, 1973, The Day of the Women and the Night of the Men (fables), 1977, (biographies) Dickens of London, 1976, The Extraordinary Mr. Poe, 1978, Mazeppa, 1982, (a history) Wedgwood, 1957, 12 Poems, 1971. Author (plays) Belle (musical), 1961, Passion Flower Hotel (musical), 1965, Samson and Delilah (published as The Samson Riddle), 1978, Casanova's Last Stand, 1980, Iron Butterflies, 1986, (films) Make Me an Offer, 1954, A Kid for Two Farthings, 1954, The Bespoke Overcoat (Oscar British Film Academy), 1955, Expresso Bongo, 1960, The Millionairess, 1960, The Long and The Short and The Tall, 1961, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, 1961 (Best Screenplay award British Film Academy 1961), The Waltz of the Toreadors, 1962, Where The Spies Are, 1965, Casino Royale, 1967, The Assassination Bureau, 1969, Bloomfield, 1970, Black Beauty, 1971, Treasure Island, 1972, The Hebrew Lesson (Cork Cortes prize), 1972, The Hireling (Cannes Grand Prix award), 1973, Almonds and Raisins, 1984, (television) Dickens of London, 1976.

Interests

• Sleeping, making collages.

Connections

Married Ann Margaret Seligmann. Children: Gered, Daniel, Ben, Jonathan Adam (deceased).

Father:

Solomon Mankowitz

Mother:

Rebecca Mankowitz

Spouse:

Ann Margaret Seligmann

child:

Gered Mankowitz

child:

Daniel Mankowitz

child:

Ben Mankowitz

child:

Jonathan Adam Mankowitz (deceased)