Douglas Cooper (born 1960 in Toronto) is a writer who lives in Manhattan. His novels are considered characteristic examples of metafiction. He is sometimes classed with Southern Ontario Gothic, but he is more often compared to experimental writers like Italo Calvino--and many critics, including The New York Times, have likened him to Vladimir Nabokov. He did graduate work in philosophy, as well as a short stint as an architecture student, and his novels address architectural themes, often from a theoretical perspective. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength City of Toronto, Ontario, Canadas Location. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Metafiction is a kind of fiction which self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. ... Southern Ontario Gothic is a sub-genre of the Gothic novel genre and a feature of Canadian literature that comes from Southern Ontario. ... Italo Calvino (October 15, 1923 – September 19, 1985) was an Italian writer and novelist. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков; pronounced: vlah-DEE-meer nah-BAWK-awf) (April 10 O.S. [April 22 N.S.], 1899 - July 2, 1977) was a Russian-American author. ...

He has also written and photographed feature stories for newspapers and magazines, primarily on subjects related to travel, and was the recipient of the 2003 Lowell Thomas Gold Medal from the Society of American Travel Writers. He appears in Best American Travel Writing 2004 (editor Pico Ayer). Although they are not as successful as the novels and travel work, he has written a number of full-length plays and screenplays, as well as a short opera libretto. Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892-August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveller best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. ...

In 1994, he became the first novelist to serialize a novel on the World Wide Web (Delirium, which was published in book form in 1998). This was seen as a crucial moment in publishing history - it helped establish the Internet as a valid medium for the publication of literature. Following this experiment in new media, he became increasingly involved in electronic art. As an artistic collaborator he is a member of what was initially a marginal field--an obscure genre where narrative, architecture and art overlap--but this movement surprisingly proved the spawning ground for some of the world's leading architects: Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, and Diller and Scofidio. For years Cooper collaborated on new media pieces with Diller and Scofidio, including a landscape/video installation at the World's Fair in Switzerland, and a subverted motel room at the Santa Fe Biennial. Based on his novel Delirium, he co-created a large-scale installation at the Milan Triennale with Peter Eisenman, one of the principle architects responsible for Deconstructivism. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Graphic representation of the World Wide Web around Wikipedia The World Wide Web (WWW, W3, or simply the Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Electronic art is art which makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. ... Seattle Central Library, designed by OMA Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ... Gehrys most famous work, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. ... The aluminium clad east face of the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. ... Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio (known as Diller + Scofidio) are the first architects to win a MacArthur Prize–the so-called genius grant. ... Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio (known as Diller + Scofidio) are the first architects to win a MacArthur Prize–the so-called genius grant. ... Worlds Fair is the generic name for various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ... Peter Eisenman (born August 11, 1932 in Newark, New Jersey) is one of the foremost practitioners of deconstructivism in American architecture. ... The aluminium clad east face of Daniel Libeskinds Imperial War Museum North. ...

His novels are widely reviewed internationally, but are read mostly by a small cult (especially strong in academia and particularly architecture schools); although his first novel Amnesia was a bestseller in Canada, and he has been translated into Italian and Spanish. A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on a list of top-sellers. ...

Novels

• Amnesia (1992)
• Delirium (1998)

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Exterior Links

• Biography and Interview
• An Overview of The Dysarchitecture of Douglas Cooper - Critical Essay by Nancy Costigan
• Excerpts From Reviews
• "Canadian Gothic" (A Travel Essay) - collected in Best American Travel Writing 2004
• Dysmedia - Cooper's Home Page