Mark Helprin | |
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Born | New York City, United States | June 28, 1947
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Spouse | Lisa (Kennedy) Helprin |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Eleanor Lynn, Morris Helprin |
Website | markhelprin |
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Allegiance | Israel |
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Mark Helprin (born June 28, 1947) is an American-Israeli novelist, journalist, conservative commentator, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. While Helprin's fictional works straddle a number of disparate genres and styles, he has stated that he "belongs to no literary school, movement, tendency, or trend".[1]