Occupation Novelist,
Teacher Nationality American Name Robert Kaplow | Alma mater Rutgers Role Novelist Genre Coming of age novel Movies Me and Orson Welles | |
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Education Westfield High School, Rutgers University Books Me and Orson Welles, The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jac, Who's Killing the Great Writ, Alex Icicle, Alessandra in Love Similar People Christian McKay, George Coulouris, Richard Linklater, Orson Welles, John Houseman | ||
Notable works Me and Orson Welles | ||
Me and Orson Welles' Robert Kaplow, 1
Robert Kaplow (born c. 1954) is an American novelist and teacher whose coming-of-age novel was made into a film titled Me and Orson Welles. The story is about "youthful creative ambition" and has received positive reviews from The New York Times which described it as "nimble, likable and smart." Kaplow has written nine books and used to teach English language and film studies at Summit High School in New Jersey.
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Early years
Kaplow graduated in 1972 from Westfield High School in Westfield, where he wrote his first satirical sketches as a student. He graduated from Rutgers University, the state university of New Jersey. Kaplow used to teach English at Summit High School in Summit, New Jersey.
Me and Orson Welles
Kaplow conceived the idea for the book while being a student at Rutgers University. He saw a photo in the periodical Theatre Arts Monthly from 1937 with Orson Welles with a young man. Kaplow wondered what the young man might have been thinking. He wrote the story, but it took about nine years to find a publisher. It was made into a film by director Richard Linklater which was released in 2009. The Guardian critic Sophie Martelli described the film as a "schmaltzy yet charming coming-of-age story." Me and Orson Welles was a The New York Times bestseller and the film in 2008 starred Zac Efron and Claire Danes. The movie was filmed in the Gaiety Theatre on the Isle of Man. Kaplow's most recent novel is a satire of writers, critics, and publishers. For National Public Radio's Morning Edition, Mr. Kaplow created "Moe Moskowitz and the Punsters," a series of musical and satirical pop-culture parodies. He is currently completing Nobody's Heart: A Novel About Teachers
He has been a resident of Metuchen, New Jersey.