Franz Douskey was born on 2 December 1941 and is an American writer.
12 Facts About Franz Douskey
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In 2012, Franz Douskey went in a different direction, collaborating with the late Tony Consiglio to create a collection of inside anecdotes and photographs that center on life with the "Rat Pack", and Sinatra in particular.
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Franz Douskey has lived in Memphis, New Orleans, Tucson, and the West Indies.
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Franz Douskey touched the soul of Memphis while he lived among us, and we appreciate his storytelling and contributions to the legend of Memphis music and culture.
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Charles Bukowski and Franz Douskey have written about their ventures in New Orleans with Gypsy Lou and Jon Webb, but no book yet.
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In Tucson the late 1960s, Franz Douskey ran a "resistance-house" for draft dodging draftees heading for Canada, set up the Free University with Steve Mueller, and helped establish the Food Conspiracy, before moving east to work with the Black Panther Party.
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Franz Douskey appears in Wally Lamb's 2009 novel and 2014 movie Wishin' and Hopin' as Franz Duzio.
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Franz Douskey is featured with Lyle Lovett and Michael Bolton in the movie "Pizza: A Love Story".
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When Franz Douskey would run into tourists anxious to ferret out Salinger, he would misdirect the intruders down a series of dirt roads that led them away from Salinger's house into nearby towns.
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Franz Douskey has read from his works at hundreds of venues, including the University of Georgia, the Donnell Library, the Cronkite Graduate Center at Harvard, Yale University, Goddard College, New York University, in Albany, University of Arizona, and the New School of Social Research, among others.
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Franz Douskey taught Creative Writing at Yale University for five years until 2001.
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In 2006, Franz Douskey served as president of IMPAC University, in Punta Gorda, Florida.