5/20/2023 0 Comments The M.D by Thomas M. Disch![]() ![]() ![]() The family moved in 1953 to the Twin Cities area in Minnesota – rejoining both pairs of grandparents – where Disch attended both public and Catholic schools. Disch's first formal education was at Catholic schools which is evidenced in some of his works which contain scathing criticisms of the Catholic Church. As a result, he skipped from kindergarten to 2nd grade. Because of a polio epidemic in 1946, his mother Helen home-schooled him for a year. ![]() Life Youth and education ĭisch was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on February 2, 1940. ![]() His last book, The Word of God, which was written shortly before Naylor died, had just been published a few days before Disch's death. Disch committed suicide by gunshot on Jin his apartment in Manhattan, New York City. He also published several volumes of poetry as Tom Disch.įollowing an extended period of depression following the death in 2005 of his life-partner, Charles Naylor, Disch stopped writing almost entirely, except for poetry – although he did produce 2 novellas. Among his nonfiction work, he wrote theatre and opera criticism for The New York Times, The Nation, and other periodicals. His critically acclaimed science fiction novels, The Genocides, Camp Concentration, 334 and On Wings of Song are major contributions to the New Wave science fiction movement. ![]()
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