David Karp (May 5, 1922 – September 11, 1999) was an American
novelist
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and television writer. He also used the pseudonyms Wallace Ware and Adam Singer.
Life and career
Born in
Manhattan
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,
Karp worked for his living from an early age. His employment included selling shirts from an outdoor stand, theatre-ushering, leading a recreation group, and dish-washing. In 1942, he enlisted in the
United States Army
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and served in the
Signal Corps in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
and in Japan.
Karp left the Army in 1946 and continued his interrupted education, graduating from the
City College of New York in 1948.
He started his media career as a
continuity writer for a New York radio station and published his first novel in 1952. When writing for television he often tackled controversial topics.
Karp was married to Lillian Klass Karp from 1944 until her death in 1987, after which he married Claire Leighton Karp. He had two sons, Ethan Ross Karp and Andrew Gabriel Karp, both of
Los Angeles
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. He died of
emphysema in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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.
Novels
* ''The Big Feeling'' (1952)
* ''The Brotherhood of Velvet'' (1952)
* ''
One'' (1953) (a.k.a. ''Escape to Nowhere'')
* ''Hardman'' (1953)
* ''Cry Flesh'' (1953) (a.k.a. ''The Girl on Crown Street'')
* ''Platoon'' (1953) (as Adam Singer)
* ''The Day of the Monkey'' (1955)
* ''All Honorable Men'' (1956)
* ''Leave Me Alone'' (1957)
* ''Enter Sleeping'' (1960) (a.k.a. ''Sleepwalkers'')
* ''The Last Believers'' (1964)
Biography
* ''Vice President in Charge of Revolution'' (1960) (with Murray D. Lincoln'')
Television work
* ''
The Untouchables
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American history
* Untouchables (law enforcement), a 1930s American law enforcement unit led by Eliot Ness
* ''The Untouchables'' (book), an autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
* ''The U ...
'' (various episodes)
* ''
The Defenders'' (various episodes)
* ''
The Brotherhood of the Bell'' (1970 television film)
* ''
Hawkins'' (1973–1974 television series), creator and writer
* ''
The Plot to Kill Stalin'' (1958 television play)
References
External links
''David Karp: The revival starts here''@ The Dabbler
@ The Age of Uncertainty
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1922 births
20th-century American novelists
American television writers
American male television writers
1999 deaths
United States Army personnel of World War II
City College of New York alumni
Writers from Manhattan
Deaths from emphysema
American male novelists
American male screenwriters
20th-century American male writers
Novelists from New York (state)
Screenwriters from New York (state)
20th-century American screenwriters
American expatriates in Japan
American expatriates in the Philippines