biography
| name: |
Mankowitz, (Cyril) Wolf
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pronunciation:
[mangkohvits]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1924–98)
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| biography:
| Writer, playwright, and antique dealer, born in London, UK. He studied at Cambridge. His publications in the art domain include a study of Josiah Wedgwood, and The Concise Encyclopedia of English Pottery and Porcelain (1957). His fiction includes the novel A Kid for Two Farthings (1953), the play The Bespoke Overcoat (1954), the films The Millionairess (1960), The Long, the Short, and the Tall (1961), and Casino Royale (1967), and the musicals Expresso Bongo (1958–9), Pickwick (1963), and Stand and Deliver! (1972). Later works include the novels Gioconda (1987) and A Night with Casanova (1991). |
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