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Daniel Genis (born August 2, 1978) is a Russian-American journalist and writer. == Early life and career == Daniel Genis was born in New York City, NY to parents Alexander and Irina Genis only a few months after their emigration from the Soviet Union in 1977. Genis grew up in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY. His father, Alexander Genis is a Russian writer, broadcaster and cultural critic. His parent’s apartment during the eighties and nineties doubled as a clubhouse for Russian writers and artists. Genis was exposed to literature and the arts from a young age, mixing with artists and intellectuals, including Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, Umberto Eco, Norman Mailer, Joseph Brodsky and Czech film director Milos Forman.〔 The living room of his childhood home was where Daniel's father and his collaborators edited ''Семь дней'' (''Seven Days'') (a weekly literary supplement to ''Новое Русское Слово'') for a short time, but they achieved almost star status as the chief literary critics of the weekly newspaper ''Новый Американец''. Alexander Genis, Peter Vail, Sergei Dovlatov and Vagrich Bakhchanyan collaborated on a the weekly emigre magazine which was later considered a hallmark of the early 80s because of its early publications of Eduard Limonov, Vladimir Sorokin, Victor Pelevin and Andrei Sinyavsky. Genis graduated from Stuyvesant High School (where he was a student of Frank McCourt) in 1996, along with classmates such as Harry Siegel, Jessica Valenti, and Kelly Karbacz. He continued his education at New York University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in History and French in 1999. Genis also spent one year studying at the University of Copenhagen in 1999. Genis obtained an interest during this time in antiquarian bookshops and specifically, eighteenth and nineteenth century editions of Greek and Roman classic literature.〔 While in college, Genis initially worked as an intern and then as editorial assistant at the publishing house Applause Books from 1997 to 1998. His tasks entailed setting manuscripts into digital versions and after two years, Genis ended with an editing credit on ''The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film''.〔 Moreover, Genis worked in the production team for the publication of American theatre and film book editor John A. Willis' ''Theatre World'' in 1997. After graduating from NYU, Genis worked for Nancy Love as an agent-associate. This literary agency was on the Upper East Side; Genis' role entailed finding new authors to represent, although his literary interests did not match his employer's taste for self-help books. Genis and Nancy Love parted ways in 2001.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Genis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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