Jonathan Lethem
Birthday:
19 February 1964, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Jonathan Allen Lethem
Jonathan Lethem was born on February 19, 1964 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Jonathan Allen Lethem. He is a writer and actor, known for Light and the Sufferer (2007), The Collector (2013) and The Sleeping People (2008). He has been married to Amy Barrett since 2004. He was previously married to Julia Rosenberg and Shelley Jackson.
[of his time spent in Berkeley, California:] "If you asked me then, I would have said I'd be working at bookstores until I was 45. You have ...Show more »
[of his time spent in Berkeley, California:] "If you asked me then, I would have said I'd be working at bookstores until I was 45. You have to understand -- all my heroes were dark horses. They all had embattled careers because of genre prejudice, something I've had the good fortune to be spared. It's like I'm standing on their shoulders. I sort of feel Philip K. Dick died for my sins." Show less «
I grew up in a very borderline Brooklyn neighborhood. It was in decline in the early '70s, and has very slowly been gentrified. My parents w...Show more »
I grew up in a very borderline Brooklyn neighborhood. It was in decline in the early '70s, and has very slowly been gentrified. My parents were part of the first wave: bohemians, radicals and artists, the typical people who reclaim borderline neighborhoods. Show less «
