• Jonathan Garfinkel

  • May 7 2024
  • Length: 54 mins
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Jonathan Garfinkel

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  • Jonathan Garfinkel is a Canadian playwright, poet, and novelist who lives in Berlin. He got his start in theatre in Georgia in the early 2000s under the tutelage of Paul Thompson . His plays include The Trials of John Demjhanjuk: A Holocaust Cabaret, the controversial show about a man accused of being Ivan the Terrible; House of Many Tongues, which won him an nomination for a Governor Generals’ award, about the residents of a house in Gaza shared by an Israeli and a Palestinian; and Cockroach, adapted from the novel by Rawi Hage. Jonathan has also published essays, poetry, a memoir, and in 2023, his debut novel, In a Land Without Dogs the Cats Learn to Bark.


    Jonathan’s recommended reads:


    Nicholson Baker

    Jenny Erpenbeck

    Tilman Rammstedt

    Nino Haratischwili


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