Jonathan Levi

Jonathan Levi (born 1955, New York City) is an American writer and producer.

Following graduation from Yale University in 1977, Levi received a Mellon Fellowship to study at Clare College, Cambridge University, where he co‑founded the literary magazine Granta with Bill Buford and Pete de Bolla and served as U.S. Editor through 1987.

After leaving Granta, Levi created the program "New Opera for New Ears" for the Metropolitan Opera Guild, producing Carly Simon's opera, Romulus Hunt (1991), directed by Francesca Zambello at the Metropolitan Opera Guild and the Kennedy Center.

Levi’s 1992, A Guide for the Perplexed is a novel in the form of a traveler’s guide in the form of letters to a mysterious, seemingly ubiquitous travel agent named Benjamin from two stranded but eventually satisfied customers, and was called "a fable of fantastical lushness, reminiscent of the best fairy tales" by the New York Times. His short stories and articles have appeared in many magazines including The International Herald Tribune, "Condé Nast Traveler", "GQ". Levi's The Lori Berenson Papers, written with Peruvian journalist Liz Mineo for The Nation (September 4, 2000) was attacked by Berenson's lawyer, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. From 1996-2001, Levi served as the Fiction Critic for the Los Angeles Times Book Review.

In 1997 Levi commissioned Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Director Robert Scanlan and produced an adaptation of Pinsky's translation of Dante’s Inferno with actors Bill Camp, Reg E. Cathey, Jack Willis and Leslie Beatty, with violinist Gil Morgenstern playing an original score written by Bruce Saylor. After premiering in New York, the production toured the United States including performances at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and The Getty Center in Los Angeles.

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