15 Main Street
Sinclairville NY
AUTHOR VISIT!!!
Local Author, Clark Zlotchew
He has had 17 books published:
Zlotchew and his wife Marilyn live in rural Chautauqua County, N.Y. State.
He joined the U.S. Naval Reserve at age 17 as Apprentice Seaman, and received an Honorable Discharge as Chief Petty Officer at age 36. His experiences at sea and in ports of call have strongly influenced his fiction.
Zlotchew has traveled widely on five continents, speaks Spanish fluently, French somewhat rustily, gets along in Portuguese and Italian, speaks some Japanese and Russian (and learning more), limited amounts of Arabic, Hebrew, German, and who knows what else if the situation should arise.
He has had a highly diverse set of careers, ranging from sales/production liaison for the export Dept. of a large liquor manufacturer in New York to coordinating an educational program for Spanish-speaking seasonal workers.
He is now SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Spanish and Latin-American literatures. He earned the Ph.D. in Romance Languages & Literatures from SUNY Binghamton.
BOOKS (17):
FICTION:
Military/action novel, TALON FORCE: DIRE STRAITS, under pseudonym Cliff Garnett, 2001.
Espionage/thriller novel, THE CAUCASIAN MENACE, 2010.
Collection of short stories, ONCE UPON A DECADE: TALES OF THE FIFTIES (FINALIST in Next Generation INDIE BOOK AWARDS, Short Story Category, 2011).
ACADEMIC BOOKS: These include translations from Spanish of short stories and poetry by Nobel Laureates, interviews with Borges and 10 other Latin-American writers, literary criticism of Spanish and Latin-American authors and books teaching Spanish at various levels.
SHORT FICTION IN MAGAZINES: Zlotchew’s short stories have been published in magazines: his English versions in the U.S. and his Spanish versions in Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay, and one story, in both the English and Spanish versions, has been published on the Internet.