Alan Arkin (1934–2023)
Author of The Lemming Condition
About the Author
Series
Works by Alan Arkin
Little Murders [1971 film] — Director — 5 copies
The Amazing Grandy 1 copy
Associated Works
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2001, Vol. 101, No. 2 (2001) — Contributor — 9 copies
4 Film Favorites: Harrison Ford (The Fugitive, Presumed Innocent, Firewall, The Mosquito Coast) (2012) — Actor — 7 copies
Double Feature: Robin Williams: Jakob the Liar [and] Moscow on the Hudson [DVD] (2015) — Actor — 7 copies
Last of the Red Hot Lovers [1972 film] — Actor — 5 copies
The Return of Captain Invincible [1983 Film] — Actor — 5 copies
Hearts of the West [1975 film] 4 copies
Bad Medicine [1985 Film] — Actor — 1 copy
Big Trouble [1986 film] 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Arkin, Alan Wolf
- Birthdate
- 1934-03-26
- Date of death
- 2023-06-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA (birth)
Los Angeles, California, USA
New Mexico, USA - Education
- Franklin High School (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles City College
Bennington College, Vermont - Occupations
- actor
director
musician
singer - Relationships
- Avi (cousin)
Leider, Emily Wortis (cousin)
Arkin, David I. (father) - Organizations
- The Tarriers (member)
- Awards and honors
- Academy Award (best supporting actor, 2007)
BAFTA Film Award (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, 2007)
Tony Award - Short biography
- Alan Arkin has been married three times.
Members
Reviews
The Lemming Condition by Alan Arkin
This book prompted me to find out the real reason why lemmings jump off cliffs.
It was okay, not fabulous. I think it could be a lot more interesting as an audio book read by the author.
A nice mini autobiography of actor Alan Arkin. He narrates his journey of challenging everything he was initially taught and how he views the world. He began studying eastern philosophy and meditating. I loved the ending when he talked about what he has learned about himself and knowledge gained from meditating for the past 50 years.
I almost stopped this book pretty close to the beginning but decided to give it a go. I felt the writing was repetitive many times but mainly it was the topics. I am a science minded person and felt myself doing the eyeroll a lot. I almost stopped reading when he talked about the"miraculous" healer that would do surgery with a rusty knife and everyone was okay. Such BS. I decided to see what else he thought was real. I was very glad when the book was over though and I won't be reading or listening to his work again.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Also by
- 63
- Members
- 452
- Popularity
- #54,272
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 11
- ISBNs
- 55
- Languages
- 2