Mark Helprin
Forfatter af Winter's Tale
Om forfatteren
Mark Helprin was born in Manhattan, New York on June 28, 1947. He received degrees from Harvard College and Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and did postgraduate work at the University of Oxford, Princeton University, and Columbia University. He has served in the British Merchant vis mere Navy, the Israeli infantry, and the Israeli Air Force. He is the author of numerous novels including Refiner's Fire, A Soldier of the Great War, Memoir from Antproof Case, Freddy and Fredericka, and In Sunlight and In Shadow. Winter's Tale was adapted into a movie in 2014. His short story collection, Ellis Island and Other Stories, was nominated for a National Book Award in 1981. His other short story collections include A Dove of the East and Other Stories and The Pacific and Other Stories. He also writes children's books including Swan Lake, A City in Winter, and The Veil of Snows. He has received several awards including the National Jewish Book Award, the Prix de Rome, the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award in 2006, and the Salvatori Prize in the American Founding in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Mark Helprin
The Schreuderspitze 1 eksemplar
"Sail Shining in White" 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Bidragyder — 182 eksemplarer
Who’s Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Bidragyder — 73 eksemplarer
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Bidragyder — 45 eksemplarer
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Ten Years of the Claremont Review of Books (2012) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1947-06-28
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
Israel - Fødested
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Bopæl
- Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Ossining, New York, USA
British West Indies
Earlysville, Virginia, USA - Uddannelse
- Harvard University (BA|1969|MA|1972)
Princeton University
University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
Columbia University - Erhverv
- novelist
short-story writer
columnist
essayist
speechwriter
journalist (vis alle 11)
Israeli Infantry
Israeli Air Force
British Merchant Navy
teacher
editor - Relationer
- Helprin, Lisa (wife)
Helprin, Morris (father)
Lynn, Eleanor (mother) - Organisationer
- Israeli Infantry
Israeli Air Force
British Merchant Navy
The New Yorker
The Wall Street Journal
The New Criterion (vis alle 15)
The Claremont Review of Books
Esquire
National Review
The Weekly Standard
Commentary
The New York Times
Hudson Institute
Council on Foreign Relations
Hillsdale College - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Prix de Rome, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1982)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1984)
Mightier Pen Award, Center for Security Policy (2001)
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, Tulsa Library Trust (2006)
Salvatori Prize, The Claremont Institute (2010)
Senior Fellow, The Claremont Institute (vis alle 9)
Fellow, Hudson Institute
Fellow, American Academy in Rome
World Fantasy Award (1997)
Medlemmer
Anmeldelser
The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story,… af Mark Helprin
One of my recent favorites. Almost a Tom Clancy but with romance, more history and philosophy. Soul too.
Long, rambling, beautiful, tedious, surreal. Didn't quite deliver in the end, but I'm very glad to have read it. Who read this and thought it would make a good movie?!
I had difficulty following some of the story. Luckily, the book was long, so I had difficulty following the story for a long time.
Winter's Tale was enjoyable enough, but I didn't keep going back to it like I do my favorite reads.
Winter's Tale was enjoyable enough, but I didn't keep going back to it like I do my favorite reads.
The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story by Mark Helprin is a very highly recommended literary epic saga that surely reflects the whole title.
Navy Captain Stephen Rensselaer corrects and talks back to the president of the United States, who retaliates to his truth-telling by trying to humiliate him. He assigns Rensselaer to command the Athena, with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. While supervising Athena’s fitting out in New Orleans, Rensselaer meets and falls in love with Katy Farrar. It is the love of a lifetime. Soon after this, he is deployed to the Indian Ocean near the Horn of Africa. Rensselaer is ultimately faced with a decision to follow his conscience and keep his integrity intact or disobey an immoral order and faces the consequences of his decision.
Absolutely excellent writing, strongly developed, fully realized characters, and a compelling, detailed, action-packed plot are featured throughout this amazing epic. Using a classic literary form, The Oceans and the Stars commends the virtues of living a life where following your conscience is the obvious choice, despite the consequences. The narrative also demonstrates how using disciplined, intelligent actions may result in sacrifices.
As a character, Rensselaer comes to life in this novel. Readers will know and want the best for him while despairing over the choices placed before him and the fortitude he displays when acting upon his principles.
Those who love stories about the sea, ships, the military, and battles will relish the details and action Helprin includes. Some of the details are brutal, but there are also moments of bravery and sacrifice displayed even during the darkest moments.
This is a perfect choice for those who enjoy literary fiction, action/adventure thrillers (especially those set at sea), and love stories involving the one left at home.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of The Overlook Press via NetGalley.
http://www.shetreadssoftly.com/2023/09/the-oceans-and-stars.html… (mere)
Navy Captain Stephen Rensselaer corrects and talks back to the president of the United States, who retaliates to his truth-telling by trying to humiliate him. He assigns Rensselaer to command the Athena, with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. While supervising Athena’s fitting out in New Orleans, Rensselaer meets and falls in love with Katy Farrar. It is the love of a lifetime. Soon after this, he is deployed to the Indian Ocean near the Horn of Africa. Rensselaer is ultimately faced with a decision to follow his conscience and keep his integrity intact or disobey an immoral order and faces the consequences of his decision.
Absolutely excellent writing, strongly developed, fully realized characters, and a compelling, detailed, action-packed plot are featured throughout this amazing epic. Using a classic literary form, The Oceans and the Stars commends the virtues of living a life where following your conscience is the obvious choice, despite the consequences. The narrative also demonstrates how using disciplined, intelligent actions may result in sacrifices.
As a character, Rensselaer comes to life in this novel. Readers will know and want the best for him while despairing over the choices placed before him and the fortitude he displays when acting upon his principles.
Those who love stories about the sea, ships, the military, and battles will relish the details and action Helprin includes. Some of the details are brutal, but there are also moments of bravery and sacrifice displayed even during the darkest moments.
This is a perfect choice for those who enjoy literary fiction, action/adventure thrillers (especially those set at sea), and love stories involving the one left at home.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of The Overlook Press via NetGalley.
http://www.shetreadssoftly.com/2023/09/the-oceans-and-stars.html… (mere)
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