My name is Lewis Crofts and I am a writer based in Brussels. I have an unhealthy obsession with the Austrian iconoclast Egon Schiele. Some of his most touching and celebrated works are below. My novel based on his life entitled "The Pornographer of Vienna" came out in June 2007. For more details, click here [ www.lewiscrofts.com ]
Reviews
The Guardian
“A bold reimagining of the short, frenetic life of Egon Schiele, Crofts's debut doesn't shrink from depicting the squalor of his existence and powerfully evokes his uncompromising talent.â€
Metro
“Confidently imagined...insightful...Crofts has written a sparkling debut that is as enlightening as it is entertaining.â€
Jon McGregor, author of ‘If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things’
“Utterly engrossing. I found myself drawn into Schiele's reeling world with its reek of wet paint and sex.â€
Financial Times
“This book is thoroughly researched, and Schiele’s short life and the morals of Austro-Hungarian society are well described. The author is bewitched by his subject’s decadence and by the period’s historical detail.â€
Liz Jensen, author of ‘Ark Baby’ and ‘The Ninth Life of Louis Drax’
“Lewis Crofts' poignant debut captures the turbulence, the vividness and the tragedy of Egon Schiele's life with rare skill and empathy.â€
NUDE Magazine
"What really makes this novel stand out is Lewis Crofts' imaginative and intimate telling of the tale. The book practically reeks of wet paint and lascivious goings-on.â€
Vogue
"Persecuted, imprisoned and spurned by society. Schiele's is a dramatic story."
Ruth Atkins, Fiction buyer at Borders UK
“Crofts writes with a great sense of time and place in this arresting novel.â€
The Times of Malta
"Mr Crofts's figurative language makes The Pornographer of Vienna an entertaining novel. By combining fact with his own literary creativity, Mr Crofts paints pictures of a daring young man in a conservative society."..
