Laurence Bergreen

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Laurence Bergreen
The author at the Magellan Strait
BornLaurence R. Bergreen[1]
(1950-02-04) February 4, 1950 (age 74)[1]
New York City City[1]
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period1980–present
GenreHistory, biography
Notable worksOver the Edge of the World (2003), Capone: The Man and the Era (1994), Irving Berlin (1990)

Laurence Bergreen (born February 4, 1950, in New York City)[1] is an American historian and author.

Career

After graduating from Harvard University in 1972, Bergreen worked in journalism, academia and broadcasting before publishing his first biography, James Agee: A Life.

Bergreen has written books on historical subjects, such as Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth, a narrative of NASA's exploration of Mars, and Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe. Bergreen's biography, Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu,[2] is being developed into a feature film starring Matt Damon.[3]

Bergreen has written for The New York Times,

History Channel.[4]

In 2007, Bergreen was asked by NASA to name some geological features surrounding the Victoria crater on Mars, based on places Ferdinand Magellan visited. In 2008, Bergreen was a keynote speaker at NASA's 50th anniversary event in Washington, D.C.[5] His most recent work is Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius.

Bergreen is a member of

PEN American Center, The Explorers Club, the Authors Guild, and the Board of Trustees of the New York Society Library. He currently lives in New York City.[4]

Personal life

Laurence Bergreen is married to Jacqueline Philomeno, from Brazil.[6] He is the father of two children from his first marriage, Nicholas Bergreen (born in 1982) and Sara Bergreen (born in 1984). Also, Jacqueline Philomeno is the mother of Nicholas David (born in 2003).

Works

Bergreen's first book was Look Now, Pay Later: The Rise of Network Broadcasting, published in 1980.[4] His biography, James Agee: A Life, was a New York Times “Notable Book” for 1984. As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin, appeared in 1990. It won the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award and the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award; it was also a New York Times "Notable Book" for 1990.

In 1994, he published Capone: The Man and the Era. A Book-of-the-Month Club selection and a New York Times "Notable Book", it has been optioned by

Philadelphia Inquirer, and Publishers Weekly
.

Bergreen is the author of Voyage to Mars: NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth, a narrative of

TNT.[4]

His next work, Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, was published in October 2003. A New York Times "Notable Book" for 2003, it is also in development as a motion picture.[citation needed]

In October 2007, Bergreen published Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu, a biography of the iconic traveler.

Warner Brothers is developing a feature film based on this book starring Matt Damon and written by William Monahan.[4]

His 2011 book is Columbus: The Four Voyages, a New York Times bestseller.[citation needed] It was a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, BOMC2, the History Book Club, and the Military Book Club, and was a New York Times Book Review "Editors Choice".

In 2016, he published Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius, available from Simon & Schuster.[7]

In May 2017, Roaring Brook Press, a division of Macmillan, published his first Young Adult book, Magellan: Over the Edge of the World, an adaptation of his international bestseller.

His most recent adult book is the highly acclaimed In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire, available from HarperCollins Publishers in March 2021.[8]

Bibliography

Awards

  • Winner, ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Excellence in Music Journalism, 1990 for As Thousands Cheer
  • First place,
    Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award
    , 1991
  • Medalla de Honor by the Asociación de Alcades de V Centenario (Spain) for Over the Edge of the World

References

  1. ^ a b c d "BERGREEN, Laurence R. 1950–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Marco Polo by Laurence Bergreen – Book – eBook – Audiobook". Random House. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Warner Bros. plays 'Polo'". Variety. May 2, 2005. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "About the Author". Laurencebergreen.com. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  5. ^ "NASA History Home Page". History.nasa.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  6. ^ "Família Bergreen fala sobre suas recordações de amor". Opovo.com. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Home". laurencebergreen.com.
  8. ^ "Drake". laurencebergreen.com.

External links

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