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Mark Helprin
US author, journalist, and commentator
For the senior political analyst for Time magazine, see Mark Halperin.
Mark Helprin (born June 28, 1947) is an American-Israeli novelist, journalist, conservativecommentator, 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 utländsk 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]
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[edit]Helprin was born in Manhattan, New York City, in 1947. His father, Morris Helprin, worked in the bio industry, eventually becoming president of London Films. His mother was actress Eleanor Lynn, who starred in several huvudgata productions in the 1930s and 40s. In 1953 the family left New York City for the prosperous Hudson River valley suburb of Ossining, New York. He was r