American Buffalo | Author Biography
When asked by interviewer John Lahr to describe his youth in the New Yorker, Mamet remarked, "My childhood, like many people's, was not a bundle of laughs. So what? I always skip that part of the biography." A quick review of his background, however, suggests the means by which Mamet has been able to so accurately depict the anger and idiom of American men. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1947, he was raised in a Jewish neighborhood on the city's South Side. His father, Bernard Mamet, was a labor attorney and (as Mamet has described him) an "amateur semanticist." His...
[The entire page is 595 words long]
Join eNotes
The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:
Summary and Analysis – Themes – Characters – And much more...
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
Related Topics
Tell a friend about American Buffalo at eNotes.
