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'''Mark Helprin''' is an American [[author]] and conservative commentator.
'''Mark Helprin''' is an American [[author]] and conservative commentator.
{{cquote|Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor. - Mark Helprin}}
==Life and Works==
He was born in New York City in 1947, educated at [[Harvard University]], [[Oxford University]], and Magdalen College, served in the British navy and Israeli military, and worked on Bob Dole's presidential campaign.<ref>http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4416/Helprin-Mark.html</ref> He wrote three collections of short stories, ''A Dove of the East and Other Stories'', ''Ellis Island and Other Stories'', and ''The Pacific and Other Stories''; six novels, ''Refiner’s Fire'', ''Winter’s Tale'', ''A Soldier of the Great War'', ''Memoir From Antproof Case'', ''Freddy and Fredericka'' and ''In Sunlight and In Shadow''; and three children's books, Swan Lake, A City in Winter, and The Veil of Snows.<ref>http://markhelprin.com/about-the-author/</ref>
He lives on a beautiful farm in Virginia with an impressive study and has never drank a cup of coffee.<ref>http://harvardmagazine.com/2005/05/literary-warrior.html</ref> He belongs to no particular literary school and follows his own path.<ref>http://markhelprin.com/</ref>
==References==
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==External Links==
*[http://harvardmagazine.com/2005/05/literary-warrior.html Description] by Harvard magazine
*[http://markhelprin.com/ Official Website]
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[[Category:Conservative Authors]]
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