Mark Salzman

Mark Joseph Salzman ( born December 3, 1959 in Greenwich, Connecticut ) is an American writer who became famous through his published in 1986 China report "Iron and Silk ".

Life

Mark Salzman grew up in Ridgefield, Conn., as the eldest child of a piano teacher and a social worker on.

He studied Chinese language and literature at Yale University, completed his studies with distinction and went in 1982 for two years to Changsha, capital of Hunan province to teach at the Hunan Medical College (湖南 医学院) English. Alongside he practiced Chinese martial arts at the renowned wushu teacher Pan Qingfu (潘清福).

The book " Iron and Silk " was created in 1990 from a screenplay by Salzman film starring himself in the lead role.

Works

German

  • The Laughing Sutra. Novel. Earthscan, 1995. ISBN 978-3-4260-3244-2
  • The Soloist. Earthscan, 1996. ISBN 978-3-4266-0491-5
  • Iron and silk. Encounters with China. Earthscan, 1999. ISBN 978-3-4260-3084-4
  • Frisbee, Buddha and Kung Fu. Earthscan, 1997. ISBN 978-3-4266-0498-4

English

  • Iron & Silk ( 1986), ISBN 0-394-55156-7
  • The Laughing Sutra (1991 )
  • The Soloist (1994 )
  • Lying Awake ( 2000)
  • True Notebooks ( 2003)
  • The Man in the Empty Boat ( 2012)
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