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Mordecai Roshwald

Mordecai Roshwald was an American academic and writer, known for his 1959 science fiction novel Level 7.

1921 to 2015The novel Level 7Post-apocalyptic science fictionHumanities teaching at University of Minnesota

Born: 26 May 1921, Drohobych
Died: 19 March 2015, Silver Spring
Occupation: novelist, science fiction writer, philosopher, poet
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mordecai Roshwald was born in 1921 in Drohobych

Mordecai Marceli Roshwald was born on May 26, 1921, in Drohobycz, then in the Second Polish Republic and now in Ukraine. His parents were Jewish. He later made aliyah to Israel.

Roshwald became a professor of humanities at the University of Minnesota, where he later held emeritus status. He also taught as a visiting professor at universities in many countries.

He wrote fiction and nonfiction. His novel Level 7, published in 1959, is a post-apocalyptic science fiction story. He also wrote A Small Armageddon in 1962 and Dreams and Nightmares: Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction in 2008.

Roshwald lived in Silver Spring, Maryland, in his last years. He died on March 19, 2015.

Mordecai Roshwald's life in 5 milestones

1921
Born in Drohobycz.
1959
Published the novel Level 7.
1962
Published A Small Armageddon.
2008
Published Dreams and Nightmares: Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction.
2015
Died in Silver Spring, Maryland.