Jonathan Bayliss, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jonathan Bayliss

American writer

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1926

Date of Death: 15-Apr-2009

Profession: playwright, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jonathan Bayliss (September 7, 1926 in Arlington, Massachusetts – April 15, 2009 in Gloucester, Massachusetts) was an American novelist and playwright who lived and wrote in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
He was a close friend of poet Charles Olson after Olson's return to Gloucester in the late 1950s.
Bayliss's highly innovative and polymathic novels employ a vast vocabulary, contain mathematical and philosophical puzzles, and avoid pop culture references in favor of historical and mythological allusions.
He wrote two plays loosely based on the Sumerian Gilgamesh epic, The Tower of Gilgamesh and The Acts of Gilgamesh.