David Leavitt

David Leavitt was an American writer, novelist and university teacher (born 1961). He was born at Pittsburgh.

David Leavitt in brief

Born
1961
Known for
writer, novelist and university teacher
Place of birth
Pittsburgh
Contents

Catalogued works

35 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1981 to 2023.

The Lost Language of Cranes. Family Dancing. Territory. Equal Affections. The Body of Jonah Boyd. The Indian Clerk. The Two Hotel Francforts. The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. A Place I’ve Never Been. The Marble Quilt. Alan Turing. Arkansas, dated 1997. Florence, dated 2002. In Maremma. Martin Baumann, dated 2000. Shelter in Place. Italian pleasures, dated 1996. The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing. New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories. Glimmer Train Stories, #71. Penguin book of gay short stories. 23 Great Stories. Future History. Pages passed from hand to hand. 30 unter 40. The M word. The Stories Of David Leavitt. Collected stories, dated 2003. Crossing St. Gotthard, dated 2002. The Page Turner, dated 2000. While England Sleeps, dated 1995. The man who knew too much, dated 2005. Manta Ray, dated 1981, oil on canvas, wood paneling, and potted plant, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2015.772a-c. Bird flu., dated 2005, held by Wellcome Collection. On Christopher Street : life, sex, and death after Stonewall / Michael Denneny., dated 2023, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

ELEVEN. David Leavitt, Gay Fiction Speaks, 2001. David Leavitt (1961 – ), The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story, 2004. Leavitt, David, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 1980–2020, 2022. Review: The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt, New Scientist, 2007. David Leavitt: The Lost Language of Cranes, Gay Men’s Literature in the Twentieth Century, 1993. Ex-vivo ureteroscopy for the treatment of nephrolithiasis in a deceased donor kidney prior to transplantation, Urology Video Journal, 2022. Corpses of Metaphor. Images of Death in David Leavitt and Jamaica Kincaid, Altre Modernità, 2010. Nephrolithiasis associated with embolization material, Lipiodol®, following embolization of large renal angiomyolipoma, Urology Case Reports, 2022. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy in octogenarians and beyond: How old is too old?, Asian Journal of Urology, 2015. Advances in percutaneous stone surgery, Asian Journal of Urology, 2015. Diagnosis and management of testicular compartment syndrome caused by tension hydrocele, Urology Case Reports, 2022. Women and Poisson-chats: a Nameless Desire in Monique Lange, Between, 2013. Life threatening hepatic hemorrhage after shockwave lithotripsy – A case report and review of literature, Urology Case Reports, 2021.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing And The Invention Of The Computer (2006) — Internet Archive. 23 Great Stories (2013) — Internet Archive. Loki Crown for Crocs (4922493) (2021) — Internet Archive. My Customized The UnLimbited Arm v2.1 - Alfie Edition (2977751) (2018) — Internet Archive. My Customized The UnLimbited Arm v2.1 - Alfie Edition (2977752) (2018) — Internet Archive. Fishing Rod Holder Base Insert For Intex Excursion 5 (4858277) (2021) — Internet Archive. A place I've never been (1991) — Internet Archive. FAMILY DANCING -- BARGAIN BOOK (1998) — Internet Archive. The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer (Great Discoveries) (2006) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1961David Leavitt born at Pittsburgh.
  2. 2006The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing And The Invention Of The Computer digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 201323 Great Stories digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2018My Customized The UnLimbited Arm v2.1 - Alfie Edition (2977751) digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2018My Customized The UnLimbited Arm v2.1 - Alfie Edition (2977752) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2021Loki Crown for Crocs (4922493) digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2021Fishing Rod Holder Base Insert For Intex Excursion 5 (4858277) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    David Leavitt (1961 – ), The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    ELEVEN. David Leavitt, Gay Fiction Speaks, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Leavitt, David, The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction 1980–2020, 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for David Leavitt (Internet Archive), 29 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    Review: The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt, New Scientist, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 11 articles naming David Leavitt.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 9 digitised items catalogued under David Leavitt as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with David Leavitt.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming David Leavitt.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1175150: David Leavitt

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “David Leavitt”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Books

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