author
Louis Zangwill
1869–1938
An English novelist and man of letters, he wrote sharp, thoughtful fiction under the pen name "Z. Z." and built a quieter literary career alongside his better-known brother, Israel Zangwill.
3 Audiobooks
Cleo The Magnificent; Or, The Muse of the Real: A Novel
by Louis Zangwill
The Beautiful Miss Brooke
by Louis Zangwill
An Engagement of Convenience: A Novel
by Louis Zangwill
About the author
Born in Bristol on July 25, 1869, Louis Zangwill was educated at the Jews' Free School in London and for a time taught there. Early in his working life he joined his brother Israel in running a printing business, but he later turned to literature and journalism.
He became known as a novelist and essayist, sometimes publishing under the pseudonym "Z. Z." His books include A Nineteenth-Century Miracle, The King of Schnorrers' Wedding, and The Melting Pot, and contemporary reference works described his writing as observant and intellectually lively.
Louis Zangwill died in 1938 at Holland-on-Sea, Essex. Though he is often mentioned in relation to Israel Zangwill, his own work reflects a distinct place in English Jewish literary life at the turn of the twentieth century.