Steven millhauser eisenheim the illusionist by steven

American novelist and short story writer (born 1943)

Steven Millhauser (born August 3, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer.

Eisenheim The Illusionist is a short story written by Steven Milhauser.

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STEVEN MILLHAUSER ery at all-they appeared to emerge from the mind of the magician.

A Jewish illusionist gains the favor of the masses with his original tricks.

Possibly the most well-known of his short stories is "Eisenheim the Illusionist" (published in "The Barnum Museum"), based on a pseudo-mythical tale of a.

He won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Martin Dressler.

Life and career

Millhauser was born in New York City, grew up in Connecticut, and earned a B.A. from Columbia University in 1965.

He then pursued a doctorate in English at Brown University. He never completed his dissertation but wrote parts of Edwin Mullhouse and From the Realm of Morpheus in two separate stays at Brown.

“Eisenheim the Illusionist” is a story about power struggles.

Between times at the university, he wrote Portrait of a Romantic at his parents' house in Connecticut. His story "The Invention of Robert Herendeen" (in The Barnum Museum) features a failed student who has moved back in with his parents; the story is loosely based on this period of Millhauser's life.^[1]

Until the Pulitzer Prize, Millhauser was best known for his 1972 debut novel, Edwin Mullhouse.

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