Mark Kurlansky (December 7, 1948) is an American journalist and author who has written a number of books of fiction and nonfiction. His 1997 book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997), was an international bestseller and was translated into more than fifteen languages. His book Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006) was the nonfiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
Mark Kurlansky
Kurlansky in 2013
Born
(1948-12-07) December 7, 1948 (age 74) Hartford, Connecticut
Kurlansky was born in Hartford, Connecticut on December 7, 1948.[1] He attended Butler University, where he earned a BA in 1970.[1] He started his career as a playwright. He was a theatre major at college and wrote seven or eight plays. A couple of these were produced. But he said that he became 'frustrated with theatre, which is to say I became frustrated with Broadway.'[2]
Kurlansky wrote his first book, A Continent of Islands, in 1992 and went on to write several more throughout the 1990s. His third work of nonfiction, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, won the 1998 James Beard Award.[5] It became an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15 languages. His work and contribution to Basque identity and culture was recognized in 2001 when the Society of Basque Studies in America named him to the Basque Hall of Fame.[1] That same year, he was awarded an honorary ambassadorship from the Basque government.[1]
As a teenager, Kurlansky called Émile Zola his "hero", and in 2009, he translated one of Zola's novels, The Belly of Paris, whose theme is the food markets of Paris.[6]
Kurlansky's 2009 book, The Food of a Younger Land, with the lengthy subtitle "A portrait of American food – before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional – from the lost WPA files", details American foodways in the early 20th century.
Publicationsedit
Nonfictionedit
External videos
Presentation by Kurlansky on Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World, August 15, 1998, C-SPAN
Presentation by Kurlansky on Salt: A World History, January 29, 2002, C-SPAN
Presentation by Kurlansky on 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, January 14, 2004, C-SPAN
Presentation by Kurlansky on The Food of a Younger Land, May 14, 2009, C-SPAN
Presentation by Kurlansky on Paper: Paging Through History, June 12, 2016, C-SPAN
A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny (1992), Addison-Wesley Publishing. ISBN0-201-52396-5
A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry (1995), ISBN0-201-60898-7
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (1997), ISBN0-8027-1326-2[7]
Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea (2006), ISBN0-679-64335-4
The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town (2008), ISBN0-345-48727-3
The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris (2010), ISBN1-59448-750-2
World Without Fish (2011), this work was chosen by many school districts to be used in their curriculum as part of EL education, including Wake County Public School System.
What?: Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History—Or Is This a Game of 20 Questions? (2011), ISBN978-0-8027-7906-9
Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One (2011), ISBN978-0300136609
^ abcdefghijkl"Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
^editsuite99 (June 19, 2020). "INTERVIEW WITH MARK KURLANSKY". ARTSMANIA. Retrieved July 20, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"The Writers Directory". Biography in Context. Gale. 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
^editsuite99 (June 19, 2020). "Interview with Mark Kurlansky". ARTSMANIA. Retrieved July 20, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Awards Search | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
^"A Conversation with Mark Kurlansky, translator of Zola’s Classic" January 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, conversation with Terrance Gelenter
^Wolkomir, Richard. "Review of 'Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'". Smithsonian. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
^MacFarlane, Robert (January 20, 2002). "Observer review: Salt by Mark Kurlansky". The Observer. London. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
^Preston, Peter (April 17, 2004). "Observer review: 1968 by Mark Kurlansky". The Observer. London. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
^Garfield, Simon (July 3, 2016). "Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky – review". The Observer. London. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
^"Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea, 2007 nonfiction winner"
^"Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Mark Kurlansky, 2007 Nonfiction Winner". www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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and when to remove this template message Mark Kurlansky December 7 1948 is an American journalist and author who has written a number of books of fiction and nonfiction His 1997 book Cod A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World 1997 was an international bestseller and was translated into more than fifteen languages His book Nonviolence Twenty five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea 2006 was the nonfiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Mark KurlanskyKurlansky in 2013Born 1948 12 07 December 7 1948 age 74 Hartford ConnecticutOccupationJournalistauthorGenreNonfiction Contents 1 Life and work 2 Publications 2 1 Nonfiction 2 2 Fiction 2 3 Children s books 2 4 As editor 2 5 As translator 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksLife and work editKurlansky was born in Hartford Connecticut on December 7 1948 1 He attended Butler University where he earned a BA in 1970 1 He started his career as a playwright He was a theatre major at college and wrote seven or eight plays A couple of these were produced But he said that he became frustrated with theatre which is to say I became frustrated with Broadway 2 From 1976 to 1991 he worked as a correspondent in Western Europe for the Miami Herald The Philadelphia Inquirer and eventually the Paris based International Herald Tribune 1 3 4 He moved to Mexico in 1982 where he continued to practice journalism In 2007 he was named the Baruch College Harman writer in residence 1 Kurlansky wrote his first book A Continent of Islands in 1992 and went on to write several more throughout the 1990s His third work of nonfiction Cod A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World won the 1998 James Beard Award 5 It became an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15 languages His work and contribution to Basque identity and culture was recognized in 2001 when the Society of Basque Studies in America named him to the Basque Hall of Fame 1 That same year he was awarded an honorary ambassadorship from the Basque government 1 As a teenager Kurlansky called Emile Zola his hero and in 2009 he translated one of Zola s novels The Belly of Paris whose theme is the food markets of Paris 6 Kurlansky s 2009 book The Food of a Younger Land with the lengthy subtitle A portrait of American food before the national highway system before chain restaurants and before frozen food when the nation s food was seasonal regional and traditional from the lost WPA files details American foodways in the early 20th century Publications editNonfiction edit External videos nbsp Presentation by Kurlansky on Cod A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World August 15 1998 C SPAN nbsp Presentation by Kurlansky on Salt A World History January 29 2002 C SPAN nbsp Presentation by Kurlansky on 1968 The Year That Rocked the World January 14 2004 C SPAN nbsp Presentation by Kurlansky on The Food of a Younger Land May 14 2009 C SPAN nbsp Presentation by Kurlansky on Paper Paging Through History June 12 2016 C SPANA Continent of Islands Searching for the Caribbean Destiny 1992 Addison Wesley Publishing ISBN 0 201 52396 5 A Chosen Few The Resurrection of European Jewry 1995 ISBN 0 201 60898 7 Cod A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World 1997 ISBN 0 8027 1326 2 7 The Basque History of the World 1999 ISBN 0 8027 1349 1 Salt A World History 2002 ISBN 0 8027 1373 4 8 1968 The Year that Rocked the World 2004 ISBN 0 345 45581 9 9 The Big Oyster History on the Half Shell 2006 ISBN 0 345 47638 7 Nonviolence The History of a Dangerous Idea 2006 ISBN 978 0 224 07791 0 Nonviolence Twenty five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea 2006 ISBN 0 679 64335 4 The Last Fish Tale The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester America s Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town 2008 ISBN 0 345 48727 3 The Food of a Younger Land 2009 ISBN 1 59448 865 7 The Eastern Stars How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris 2010 ISBN 1 59448 750 2 World Without Fish 2011 this work was chosen by many school districts to be used in their curriculum as part of EL education including Wake County Public School System What Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History Or Is This a Game of 20 Questions 2011 ISBN 978 0 8027 7906 9 Hank Greenberg The Hero Who Didn t Want to Be One 2011 ISBN 978 0300136609 Birdseye The Adventures of a Curious Man 2012 ISBN 978 0 385 52705 7 Ready for a Brand New Beat How Dancing in the Street Became the Anthem for a Changing America 2013 ISBN 978 1 59448 722 4 International Night A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World with Talia Kurlansky 2014 ISBN 978 1 620 40027 2 Paper Paging Through History 2016 ISBN 978 0393239614 10 Havana A Subtropical Delirium 2017 ISBN 978 1632863911 Milk A 10 000 Year Food Fracas 2018 ISBN 9781632863843 Bugless Why Ladybugs Butterflies Fireflies and Bees are Disappearing 2019 ISBN 978 1547600854 Salmon and the Earth The History of a Common Fate 2020 ISBN 978 1938340864 The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing 2021 ISBN 978 1635573077 The Importance of Not Being Ernest My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway 2022 ISBN 9781642504637Fiction edit The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories 2000 ISBN 0 671 03605 X Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue A Novel of Pastry Guilt and Music 2005 ISBN 0 345 44818 9 Edible Stories A Novel in Sixteen Parts 2010 ISBN 1 59448 488 0 City Beasts Fourteen Stories of Uninvited Wildlife 2015 ISBN 9781594485879Children s books edit The Cod s Tale illustrated by S D Schindler G P Putnam s Sons 2001 ISBN 0 399 23476 4 The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi Reno NV Center for Basque Studies 2005 ISBN 1 877802 54 9 The Story of Salt illus S D Schindler Putnam 2006 ISBN 0 399 23998 7 Battle Fatigue Walker Books amp Co 2011 ISBN 978 0 8027 2264 5 young adult historical novel OCLC 704383968 Frozen in Time Clarence Birdseye s Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food 2014 ISBN 978 0 385 37244 2 165 pp As editor edit Choice Cuts A Savory Selection of Food Writing From Around the World and Throughout History 2002 ISBN 0 345 45710 2As translator edit The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola Mark Kurlansky as translator The Modern Library 2009 ISBN 978 0 8129 7422 5Awards edit1998 James A Beard Award for excellence in food writing 1 2006 Bon Appetit Food Writer of the Year 1 2007 Nonfiction winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonviolence Twenty five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea 2006 1 11 12 2007 Honorary Doctor of Letters Butler University 1 2011 Gold Award National Parenting Publications Awards for World Without Fish 1 Pluma Plata award for Salt 1 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l Contemporary Authors Online Biography in Context Gale 2012 Retrieved January 13 2016 editsuite99 June 19 2020 INTERVIEW WITH MARK KURLANSKY ARTSMANIA Retrieved July 20 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link The Writers Directory Biography in Context Gale 2015 Retrieved January 13 2016 editsuite99 June 19 2020 Interview with Mark Kurlansky ARTSMANIA Retrieved July 20 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Awards Search James Beard Foundation www jamesbeard org Retrieved August 3 2022 A Conversation with Mark Kurlansky translator of Zola s Classic Archived January 20 2015 at the Wayback Machine conversation with Terrance Gelenter Wolkomir Richard Review of Cod A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Smithsonian Retrieved March 3 2020 MacFarlane Robert January 20 2002 Observer review Salt by Mark Kurlansky The Observer London ISSN 0029 7712 Retrieved March 3 2020 Preston Peter April 17 2004 Observer review 1968 by Mark Kurlansky The Observer London ISSN 0029 7712 Retrieved March 3 2020 Garfield Simon July 3 2016 Paper Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky review The Observer London ISSN 0029 7712 Retrieved March 3 2020 Nonviolence Twenty five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea 2007 nonfiction winner Dayton Literary Peace Prize Mark Kurlansky 2007 Nonfiction Winner www daytonliterarypeaceprize org Retrieved January 13 2016 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark Kurlansky nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Mark Kurlansky Official website Appearances on C SPAN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Kurlansky amp oldid 1166269049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
