Michael Mark Brodsky (born Aug 2, 1948[1][2]) is a scientific/medical editor, novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
He is best known for his novels Xman and ***, as well as for his translation of Samuel Beckett's Eleuthéria.
[3] He received a 1969 BA from Columbia College, Columbia University, taught math and science in New York for a year, attended Case Western Reserve University medical school for two years, then taught French and English in Cleveland until 1975.
[3] Brodsky returned to New York City in 1976, working as an editor for the Institute for Research on Rheumatic Diseases.
[6] A short biography, and brief summaries of Brodsky's longer fiction and critical reception can be found here: Brief summaries of his shorter fiction, critical reception, and quotations from Brodsky on his own fiction, can be found here: CANRS refers to Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, and DLB refers to Dictionary of Literary Biography.