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Mark SaFranko is an author, playwright and actor based in New Jersey, US. His work “has its roots in painfully lived experience”,〔Karl Orend, Alyscamps Press () 〕 and portrays a grimly realistic vision of life. “It's ugly and bleak but then so too is life, especially when you're on the losing end.”〔Matthew Firth, ''Front & Centre #17'' (Bile Press, 2007 )〕 SaFranko was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Trenton rates amongst the top 20 most dangerous cities in the US, and is an area SaFranko refers to as “the mean streets”〔Correspondence with Steve Hussy (9th, 2007 )〕 where “crime was a daily fact of life”.〔“Savage Kick talks to Mark SaFranko”, ''Savage Kick Literary Magazine #3'' (Slim Press, 2006 )〕 After attending Notre Dame High School, SaFranko turned towards writing: “The book that actually made me think that a nobody like myself could actually write something was ''Henry Miller On Writing''. I was still a kid, 18 or 19.”〔 ==Work ethic== SaFranko traveled extensively, settling for the longest period in Hoboken, New Jersey. During this time, he has worked over thirty jobs to sustain enough income to continue to write; laboring as a truck driver, freight loader, clothing salesman, short-order cook, dinner theater actor, factory hand, bar musician, bank clerk, political risk analyst, office temp, crime and sports reporter, fast food worker, and telephone sales solicitor.〔(Murderslim – Mark SaFranko )〕 SaFranko notes one job in particular: “I worked the overnight shift in a brewery. It was a completely bizarre job. I was responsible for sweeping up the bottles that exploded and smelled "skunky" before they dropped into the cases. You were actually allowed to drink while on the assembly line. The people who worked there were all insane. When the shift was over we'd go out to the bars and drink—at seven in the morning.”〔Correspondence with Steve Hussy (9, 2007 )〕 SaFranko blue-collar work ethic is reflected in his huge output of work.: “A hundred short stories, over fifty of them in print. A box full of poetry and essays. And ten complete novels, eight of them yet to hit the book shelves. A dozen plays, some produced in New York and others staged in Ireland.”〔Dan Fante, ''Introduction to Hating Olivia'' (Slim Press, 2005 )〕 In response, SaFranko claims: “Any sane person would have stopped. Highsmith once said: "Art is an addiction. That's why there are so many bad artists." I think there's a lot of truth in that….And as someone else said, what else is there to do?”〔“Scarecrow Interviews Mark SaFranko”, ''Scarecrow Magazine'' ()〕 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「Mark SaFranko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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