Daniel Levin Becker (born in 1984 in

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) is an American writer, translator and musical critic.

Life

In 2006, he finished his undergraduate studies in English and French at

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, where he also wrote for campus humor magazine ''

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''. In 2009 he was elected member of the French literary workshop

Oulipo Oulipo (, short for french: Ouvroir de littérature potentielle; roughly translated: ''"workshop of potential literature"'', stylized ''OuLiPo'') is a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works ...

, making him the second American member of this group (the first is

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). He was elected after a Fulbright year spent organizing and indexing that group's archives. He is the author of ''Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature,'' published in April 2012 by Harvard University Press. Levin Becker is currently the reviews editor for the magazine '' The Believer''. He also contributes regularly as a music critic for the newspaper ''

SF Weekly ''SF Weekly'' was a free alternative weekly newspaper founded in the 1970s in San Francisco, California. It was distributed every Thursday, and was published by the San Francisco Print Media Company. The paper has won national journalism awards ...

''. His writings and musical reviews can also be regularly found in ''Dusted Magazine'', ''The Point'', and '' The American Book Review'', He is among a list of contributors to ''The &NOW Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing''. He has translated from the French texts like Georges Perec's dream journal ''La Boutique Obscure'' and

Hervé Le Tellier Hervé Le Tellier (born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature"). He is its fou ...

's short story "A Few Musketeers," as well as ''

Georges Perec Georges Perec (; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Hol ...

, Oulibiographer'' by Bernard Magné and ''Letter from the Author to his Editor'' by Marcel Bénabou. DLB became an Oulipian when he was only 24, the youngest member at the time. He was also the youngest member and songwriter for the project band Mujeres Encinta that he joined when he was only a teenager. Levin Becker is known for "The DLB," a vegetarian BLT in which the traditional bacon, lettuce, and tomato are replaced by tomato, caramelized onion, vegan mayonnaise, and a hint of Halden Mushroom.

Works

* ''Many subtle channels : in praise of potential literature'', Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. , * ''L'Herminette'', Calgary, Alberta : No Press, 2017. * ''All that is evident is suspect : readings from the Oulipo 1963-2018'', San Francisco : McSweeney's, 2018. , * ''What's Good: Notes on Rap and Language'' (City Lights, 2022)''.''

Notes

References

External links

Daniel Levin Becker's website

Daniel Levin Becker's official page on the Oulipo website

An interview with Daniel Levin Becker
on ''Notebook on Cities and Culture'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Levin Becker, Daniel 1984 births Living people Oulipo members Jewish American writers Jewish poets American male writers The Believer (magazine) people Yale University alumni American writers in French 21st-century American writers 21st-century American Jews