D. Keith Mano

David Keith Mano (February 12, 1942
by Matt Schudel, in ''The Washington Post''; published September 21, 2016; retrieved May 5, 2021 – September 14, 2016) was an American writer and political commentator, known for his work in the ''National Review''.

Early life

Mano attended Trinity School (where, he claimed, he converted to Episcopalianism in order to be eligible for a prize) and Columbia University, where he studied under Lionel Trilling.The Achievement of D. Keith Mano
by Jeffrey Hart, in ''The Sewanee Review''; volume 110, number 2 (Spring 2002); p. 289-297

He subsequently received a Kellett Fellowship and spent a year at Clare College, where he studied under F. R. Leavis, and performed as part of the Marlowe Society.D. Keith Mano, a Novelist Who Tackled Christianity, Sex and More, Dies at 74
by William Grimes, in ''The New York Times''; published September 20, 2016; retrieved May 5, 2021

Upon returning to the United States, he performed with the National Shakespeare Company while also managing his family's construction business.

Writing

Mano's first novel, ''Bishop's Progress'', was published in 1968. His next five novels were published one per year until 1973; Jeffrey Hart noted that Mano's seventh novel, ''Take Five'', took nine years to write — which, in Hart's assessment, "wrecked anoas a commercial possibility". Mano later published two more novels, for a total of nine.

From 1972 to 1989, Mano's column "The Gimlet Eye" was published in ''National Review'',The Gimlet-Eyed
by Richard Brookhiser, in ''National Review''; published November 7, 2016; retrieved May 5, 2021 where he was listed on the masthead; he was also listed as a contributing editor at ''Playboy'', and provided book reviews for '' Esquire'' and film reviews for '' Oui''.He keeps his eyes open in topless clubs
by Dave Matheny, in the ''Minneapolis Star-Tribune''; published September 21, 1991; retrieved May 5, 2021, via ProQuest

In the 1980s, he began writing for television, and produced scripts for ''Monsters'' and ''LA Law'' and '' Homicide: Life on the Street'';
: "The Existential Condition of Television Crime Drama", by Philip J. Lane; in ''The Journal of Popular Culture''; published March 5, 2004 as well, he wrote the episode of '' St. Elsewhere'' for which Steve Allen was nominated for the 1987 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

Personal life

Mano was married to actress Laurie Kennedy, and had two sons from his first marriage to Jo McArthur.

In the 1970s he abandoned Episcopalianism for a variety of reasons, reportedly including his refusal to be given the Eucharist by a woman. He subsequently joined the Eastern Orthodox Church.

In the mid-1990s, Mano developed Parkinson's disease.

Publications

* ''Bishop's Progress : A Novel'' (Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1968)
* ''Horn'' (Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1969)
* ''War Is Heaven!'' (Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1970)
* ''Death and Life of Harry Goth'' (New York : Knopf, 1971)
* ''Proselytizer'' (New York : Knopf, 1972)
* ''Bridge'' (Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1973)
* ''Take Five'' (Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1982)
* ''Topless'' (New York : Random House, 1991)
* ''The Fergus Dialogues: A Meditation on the Gender of Christ'' (International Scholars Publications, 1998)

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1942 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from Parkinson's disease
Neurological disease deaths in the United States
American male television writers
American writers
American film critics
American literary critics
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge