18 Facts About Mark Helprin

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Mark Helprin was born on June 28,1947 and is an American 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.

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Mark Helprin was born in Manhattan, New York City, in 1947.

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Mark Helprin's mother was actress Eleanor Lynn, who starred in several Broadway productions in the 1930s and 40s.

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Mark Helprin was raised on the Hudson River and was educated at the Scarborough School, graduating in 1965.

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Mark Helprin is Jewish-American, and he became an Israeli citizen during the late 1970s.

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Mark Helprin served in the Israeli infantry and the Israeli Air Force.

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Mark Helprin published A Soldier of the Great War in 1991.

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Mark Helprin published Freddy and Fredericka, a satire based on Prince Charles and Princess Diana, in 2005.

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Mark Helprin has written three children's books, all of which are illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg: Swan Lake, A City in Winter, and The Veil of Snows.

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Mark Helprin's works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

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Mark Helprin's writing has appeared in The New Yorker for two decades.

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Mark Helprin writes essays and a column for the Claremont Review of Books.

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Mark Helprin's writings, including political op-eds, have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Criterion, National Review, American Heritage, and other publications.

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Mark Helprin wrote an op-ed published in the May 20,2007 issue of The New York Times, in which he argued that intellectual property rights should be assigned to an author or artist as far as Congress could practically extend them.

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In May 2010, Mark Helprin wrote an article which stated that China's military is "on the cusp" of being able to dominate Taiwan and the rest of the Far East.

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Mark Helprin is a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy.

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In 2006 Helprin received the Peggy V Helmerich Distinguished Author Award.

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On November 8,2010, in New York City, Mark Helprin was awarded the 2010 Salvatori Prize in the American Founding by the Claremont Institute.