Amram Ducovny
Author
He grew up in the Coney Island area of New York City, received a B.A. from New York U. and wrote 10 books of nonfiction before turning late in life to writing novels. (He dropped the "h" in his last name after serving in the Army, but his son and a daughter kept it in their last names.)
His nonfiction books include "David Ben-Gurion: In His Own Words" and "How to Shoot a Jewish Western." A play, "The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald," ran for a short time Off Broadway in 1967 and was later adapted for a television movie.
While writing, he worked in public relations, first for the American Jewish Committee in New York, then later as director of public affairs for Brandeis U., where for several years he was vice president for public affairs. He retired from PR at the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston and moved to Paris about 10 years ago to concentrate on his writing.
His lauded first novel, "Coney," published at age 73, was a semiautobiographical account of an adolescent's adventures among Coney Island misfits on the eve of World War II. His agent, Andrew Blauner, said Ducovny had finished a sequel to "Coney," called "A Lifetime Is Once," which follows the protag's later life.
Beside his actor son, he is survived by his second wife, Varda; a second son; a daughter; a stepson; and two grandchildren.
