willyeater

Born in Pest, Hungary to a Jewish family originally from Serbia. I am the second child of Jeanette and Jakob Herzl, who are German-speaking, assimilated Jews. Some say I am a precocious, moody daydreamer, that aspires to follow the footsteps of Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal. I did not succeed in the sciences, and later developed a growing enthusiasm for poetry and the humanities. This passion later developed into a successful career in journalism and a less celebrated pursuit of play-writing.