Prometheus Award
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Erika Holzer
エリカ・ホルザー
Erika Holzer
Aliases:
Phyllis Tate
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1935-01-01 （Mechanicville）
- Died
- 2019-12-31 age 84
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Mechanicville, New York → New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist, Lawyer
- Active Years
- 1968-2019
- Affiliations
- Battle, Fowler, Stokes & Kheel, Holzer law practice (with husband)
- Influenced By
- Ayn Rand
- Nominations
- 1984 Prometheus Award for Best Novel (finalist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | — | — | — | — | United States |
| New York University | — | Law School | Juris Doctor | — | United States |
Cornell University
Country:
United States
New York University
Law School
Degree:
Juris Doctor
Country:
United States
Received Juris Doctor degree
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Double Crossing
1983 NovelPlot revolves around the conflict between two brothers born in the Soviet Union, one becoming a powerful official in the Soviet police and the other secretly planning his escape from the Communist regime.
Escape from Soviet UnionSibling rivalryFreedom
Eye for an Eye
1993 NovelA mother who joins a vigilante group after the criminal justice system releases the murderer of her daughter.
VigilantismFailure of justice systemRevenge
Adaptations
- [Motion picture] Eye for an Eye / John Schlesinger (1996)
Bibliography
- Double Crossing (1983)
- Eye for an Eye (1993)
- "Aid and Comfort": Jane Fonda in North Vietnam (2002)
- Fake Warriors (2003)
- Ayn Rand: My Fiction-writing Teacher (2005)
Adaptations
- Eye for an Eye (1996 film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Objectivism-influenced styleClear and logical
- Recurring Motifs
- Individual freedomLimits of justiceAnti-communism
Legacy
Close associate of Ayn Rand, novelist and essayist whose novel Eye for an Eye was adapted into a major motion picture.
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation of Eye for an Eye
Trivia
- Born Phyllis Tate.
- Received fiction-writing instruction from Ayn Rand.
- Co-authored nonfiction books with husband Henry Mark Holzer.