Lewis Crofts
Lewis Charles Crofts,, is an English author and journalist. Crofts is a correspondent for MLex, a news agency focusing on regulation. He is currently editor-at-large of MLex.
Early life and education
He studied Modern and Medieval Languages at St Catherine's College, Oxford University. He has lived in Hanover, France, Prague and Brussels, working as a journalist and translator.Career
His first book, The Pornographer of Vienna, is a novel based on the life of Austrian painter Egon Schiele who was famous for his sexually explicit depictions of the Viennese underworld. It was published in June 2007 by Old Street Publishing in the UK and in July 2008 in North America.The novel was published in Italy in September 2008 by Marco Tropea under the title Il pornografo di Vienna. A Russian translation followed in 2023, published by Eksmo. Other fiction writing has appeared in the Prague Revue, Notes from [the Underground (creative writing paper)|Notes from the Underground] and Ether Magazine. Non-fiction writing has appeared in publications including The Times, The Financial Times, The Bulletin and The Parliament Magazine.
Articles
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Reviews
*- Il Venerdì 22 July 2008, Vita, Morte e Segreti del "pornografo" Schiele