Michael Zadoorian

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Zadoorian
Date Of Birth	Feb 26, 1957(1957-02-26)
Age	67
Country	United States
Birth City	Detroit
Horoscope	Aquarius

Michael Zadoorian Biography

Michael Zadoorian is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on February 26, 1957 in Detroit, United States. American novelist and short-story writer Michael Zadoorian was born February 26, 1957. Zadoorian’s works explore themes such as love, death and music. The Leisure Seeker was published by William Morrow and Company in 2009. It was adapted to motion pictures in 2018 by Paolo Virzi, an Italian film director. The film was released March 2018. Akashic Books published Beautiful Music, a novel in progress, in May 2018.

William Morrow’s second novel, The Leisure Seeker was published in 2009. It is a road novel about John (an elderly couple) who escape their adult children and doctors to enjoy a last vacation. Booklist’s star review said that “The Leisure Seeker” is “a story about grown children who deal with the “stuff” left behind after their parents’ deaths. It was a bestseller in Italy, and it was long-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

In 2016, at the Cannes Film Festival, award-winning Italian director Paolo Virzi announced that The Leisure Seeker would be his first English language film, with Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland starring as Ella and John. The script was adapted by Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon and Virzi. Filming commenced in July, 2016 in Georgia and wrapped September 2016 in Key West, Florida. Sony Pictures Classics acquired all rights for the U.S., Latin America, Asia (excluding Japan), Eastern Europe, Portugal and South Africa, and the film was released in March of 2018 in the United States.

In 2018, Zadoorian’s newest novel, Beautiful Music, was released by Akashic Books. Set in 1970’s era Detroit, Beautiful Music is the story of one young man’s transformation through music. Danny Yzemski is a husky, pop radio–loving loner balancing a dysfunctional home life with the sudden harsh realities of freshman year at a high school marked by racial turbulence. When tragedy strikes the family, Danny’s mother becomes increasingly erratic and angry about the seismic cultural shifts unfolding in her city and the world. As she tries to keep it together with the help of Librium, highballs, and breakfast cereal, Danny finds his own reason to carry on: rock ‘n’ roll. In particular, the drum and guitar–heavy songs of local legends like the MC5 and Iggy Pop.

In 2009, Wayne State University Press published The Lost Tiki Palaces Of Detroit. This collection received a Michigan Notable Book Award.

Michael Zadoorian Net Worth

Michael Zadoorian is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Zadoorian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Zadoorian was born Detroit, Michigan to Norman Zadoorian and Rosemary Zadoorian (Spala), a photographer in the industrial sector. In 1979, he graduated from Wayne State University with a B.A. He received a B.A. in Communications with a minor in English. He returned to Wayne State in the late 80s, studying with Charles Baxter and Samuel Astrachan, and winning three Tompkins Awards (for essay and fiction) and a Loughead Eldridge Creative Writing Scholarship. He received an M.A. He earned an M.A. in Creative Writing in 1994.

W.W. Norton’s first novel, Second Hand was published in 2000. It is about a Detroit-area owner of a vintage shop who searches for meaning in junk from other people. The New York Times Book Review described it as “a gift from (Tiki) gods” that “explores what Yeats called “the foul rag-and bone shop of the heart.” The Great Lakes Colleges Association First Fiction Award was given to the book. It was also selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program and Book Sense 76 program.

In 2010, he received the Anahid Literary Award from Columbia University. In 2013, he was the recipient of a Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts.

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