Dennis Bartizal
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Dennis Bartizal (born in Jan 5, 1954), is an American writer.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in the Western suburbs. Early in life Mr. Bartizal felt greatly influenced by the works of Franz Kafka, Mark Twain, Jean-Paul Sartre, Isaac Asimov, and Brian Stableford. His first publication was a book of short stories entitled "Kafka Can Wait", showing his appreciation for Franz Kafka's "Aphorisms."
He also had an affinity towards nature and the environment. When he was six years old he saved a turtle from getting run over by an automobile. He brought that turtle home. He built and maintained its living area. From ages six until sixteen Mr. Bartizal cared for twenty-seven turtles. These included two box turtles, one tortoise, several red eared sliders, and one snapping turtle. During high school, when homework got to be too demanding, Mr. Bartizal realized that he could not give those turtles the attention they required. He donated them to the Brookfield Zoo.
Mr. Bartizal took an active interest in how to view existence. During grade school he taught himself photography. Not only did he learn focal lengths, F-stops, and depth of field but he also built his own darkroom where he developed negatives, enlarged, cropped, and printed his own pictures.
In high school he wrote a weekly humor column for his school newspaper, the Proviso West Profile.
During college he was a member of the Northern Illinois University's creative writing club, "The Indigent Children In Exile." He also would read his short stories, poetry, and one act plays at various coffee houses including DeKalb's "The Upper Room."
In retirement Mr. Bartizal has devoted his time to writing again. He became an active member of the "DuPage Writers Group" which meets at the Carol Stream Public Library. He also reads his works on Open Mic Nights at local coffee houses such as Lombard's Corner House, Wheaton's My Half Of The Sky. and St. Charles' Arcedium.
Mr. Bartizal's published novels, novellas, and collections of short stories that are written in science-fiction, satirical, philosophical, and surrealistic veins.
Education and Career[edit]
- After graduating from the Proviso West High School Mr. Bartizal took classes at Northern Illinois University. He earned his Bachelor Of Science degree in 1976. In 1984 he obtained his Certification in Computer Information Systems from the DeVry Institute of Technology, he was the class Valedictorian.
- Mr. Bartizal started his technical career as an applications developer. His experience and hard work led him to take on added responsibilities such as Systems Analyst and he managed several Development Teams. He programmed in many different languages using Structured and Object Oriented philosophies. He productively worked on mainframes, minis, and microcomputers using a variety of operating systems including OS, MVS, and LINUX. He developed technologies for Lucent, HSBC, Walgreens, and other companies.
Membership[edit]
- 2018: He is a member of the Arts DuPage group in the DuPage Arts Foundation, Illinois.[1]
- 2018: He is a member of DuPage Writers Group, Illinois.
Publications[edit]
- 2017-2018: Dennis Bartizal has several short stories published and currently sold on amazon. [2]
- 2017-2018: His publications are mentioned in the Illinois State Library, Illinois Center for the Books.[3]
- 2019: Possibilities Journal put out by the DuPage Writers Group.
Books[edit]
- 2017: "Kafka Can Wait", Amazon, 2017 ISBN 1-520941-42-0 Search this book on
.. - 2017: "Thrown In A New Dimension", Amazon, 2017 ISBN 1-521726-87-6 Search this book on ..
- 2017: "A Chance Of Mars", Amazon, 2017 ISBN 1-549977-76-8 Search this book on ..
- 2017: "The Photon And The Dog -- 2017", Amazon, 2017 ISBN 1-976766-65-6 Search this book on . or ISBN 978-1-976766-65-7 Search this book on ..
- 2018: "Sticking Your Neck Out", Amazon, 2018 ISBN 1-980457-96-4 Search this book on ..
- 2018: "What On Earth", Amazon, 2018 ISBN 1-983255-28-9 Search this book on ..
- 2019: "The Photon And The Dog -- 2018", Amazon, 2018 ISBN 1-794172-81-5 Search this book on ..
References[edit]
https://thephotonandthedog.blogspot.com
- ↑ https://www.artsdupage.org/artist/dennis6-bartizal/ Dennis as the Member of DuPage Arts Foundation, Illinois.
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/author/dennisbartizal?tag=everybodywikien-20 see books by Dennis Bartizal on amazon.
- ↑ http://www.illinoisauthors.org/cgi-bin/illinoisAuthors/getSpecificAuthor.pl?uid=4968 see Books by Dennis Bartizal in the Illinois State Library.
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