Sex, Tod, Erleuchtung: 9783499604423

Book Description Taschenbuch. Kartoniert. Condition: Gut. Deutsche Erstausgabe. 264 (8) Seiten. 19 cm. Umschlaggestaltung: Walter Hellmann. Sehr guter Zustand. Schon mit f�nfzehn wollte Mark Matousek in New York Karriere machen, weil diese Stadt ihm alles zu bieten schien, was man sich im Leben erhoffen konnte. Als er dann mit f�nfundzwanzig als Journalist bei Andy Warhols Magazin -Interview- landet, ist er am Ziel seiner W�nsche. Jeden Tag trifft er ber�hmte Leute, interviewt sie, geht mit ihnen essen. Endlich geh�rt er zu den Gro�en der Welt. Als pl�tzlich sein Freund an Aids erkrankt, wird f�r ihn zum erstenmal der Tod eine Realit�t. Unerbittlich stellt sich ihm die Frage nach dem Sinn des Lebens. - Mark Matousek (born February 5, 1957) is an American memoirist, teacher, and journalist. Early years: Matousek was born in Los Angeles, California. His father James Matousek disappeared when he was four, leaving his mother in dire straits; his sister Marcia committed suicide in 1978. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dramatic Art from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1978 (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa cum Laude), a Fellowship to Worcester College, Oxford in 1979, and a master's degree in English Literature from UCLA in 1981. Journalism: In 1981 Matousek moved to New York City, working as a stringer covering popular culture for Reuters, then in the letters department of Newsweek Magazine. He was hired by Andy Warhol's Interview in 1982, first as a proofreader then as the magazine's first senior editor.[1] Over the next three years, Matousek conducted hundreds of interviews with prominent figures in film, television, books, fine art, politics, design, and science. Alarmed by the deaths of friends from AIDS, he quit his job in 1985 and spent the next years as an itinerant dharma bum and freelance journalist, living in Europe, India, and the United States.[2] Drawn to eastern philosophy, especially Buddhism, Matousek shifted gears from pop culture to psychology, religion, and spiritual seeking, and became a contributing editor to Common Boundary Magazine, where his back page column, The Naked Eye, appeared from 1994-1999. Subsequently, he received a National Magazine Award nomination for "America's Darkest Secret" (about the epidemic of incest in the U.S.) [3] and published essays in numerous magazines, including The New Yorker, Details, O: The Oprah Magazine,[4] Tricycle,[5] The Utne Reader, AARP Magazine, Out, Good Housekeeping, Yoga Journal, McCalls, and Harper's Bazaar. His Ethical Wisdom blog appears regularly in The Huffington Post [6] and Psychology Today online.[7] Books: After working with Sogyal Rimpoche on The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Matousek collaborated with writer Andrew Harvey on Dialogues With A Modern Mystic (1994), later interviewing Harvey for a British documentary of the same name. His next book, Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story (1996) became an international bestseller published in 10 countries and nominated for two Books for a Better Life Awards. In 2000 he published The Boy He Left Behind: A Man's Search for His Lost Father (Los Angeles Times Discovery Book, Randy Shilts Award, excerpted in The Observer) [8] and served as co-editor on Ram Dass's book Still Here." [9] When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living appeared in 2008, and included autobiographical essays on writers including Joan Didion, Stanley Kunitz, Andrew Solomon, and James Hillman, as well as spiritual leaders Matthew Fox, Byron Katie, Eckart Tolle et al. In 2011 Matousek published Ethical Wisdom: What Makes Us Good, a study of human morality. His essays have appeared in numerous international anthologies, including: Voices of the Millenium, Wrestling With the Angel, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer, Oprah's Best Life, and Be the Change. Social activism and teaching: In 2009 Matousek became creative director of V-Men, the male arm of playwright Eve Ensler's organization for ending violence against women and girls (V-Day), and curator of their online essay series. His autobiographical essay "Rescue" (included in A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer) has been performed internationally.[10] He moderated the men's panel at the New Orleans Superdome for V to the Tenth in 2008. Matousek is currently working on a theatrical piece called Breaking Out the Man Box (with playwright James Lecesne), which will serve as V-Men's artistic vehicle (as Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" launched V-Day). A popular writing instructor, he has taught memoir at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, as well as the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, and The New York Open Center.[11] Matousek is a member of PEN International and a core faculty member of Old Stone Farm, a wellness center in Staatsburg, New York. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 200. Seller Inventory # 59186

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