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'''Mark Kurlansky''' (December 7, 1948) is an American journalist and writerauthor of general interest non-fiction. Hewho has written a number of books of fiction and non-fictionnonfiction. His 1997 book, ''Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'' (1997), was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15fifteen languages. His book ''[[Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea|Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea]]'' (2006) was the non-fictionnonfiction winner of the 2007 [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]].

Kurlansky was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] on December 7, 1948.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000125711&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_n_umass&jsid=dec5904bea83289174253ad3fa4f99b0|title = Contemporary Authors Online|date = 2012|access-date = January 13, 2016|website = Biography in Context|publisher = Gale|last = |first = }}</ref> He attended [[Butler University]], where he earned a BA in 1970.<ref name=":0" /> He started his career as a playwright. He was a theatre major at college and wrote seven or eight plays, a few of which were produced. But he said that he became "frustrated with theatre, which is to say I became frustrated with Broadway".<ref>{{Cite web |last=editsuite99 |date=June 19, 2020 |title=Interview with Mark Kurlansky |url=https://artsmania.ca/2020/06/19/interview-with-mark-kurlansky/ |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=ARTSMANIA}}</ref>

From 1976 to 1991, he worked as a correspondent in Western Europe for the ''[[Miami Herald]]'', ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', and eventually the [[Paris]]-based ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/BiographiesDetailsPage/BiographiesDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Biographies&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1649571367&source=Bookmark&u=mlin_n_umass&jsid=763191edd23479d2096202f5f526c8db|title = The Writers Directory|date = 2015|access-date = January 13, 2016|website = Biography in Context|publisher = Gale}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=editsuite99 |date=June 19, 2020 |firsttitle=Interview with Mark Kurlansky |url=https://artsmania.ca/2020/06/19/interview-with-mark-kurlansky/ |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=ARTSMANIA}}</ref> He moved to [[Mexico]] in 1982, where he continued to practice journalism. In 2007, he was named the [[Baruch College]] Harman writer-in-residence.<ref name=":0" />

Kurlansky wrote his first book, ''A Continent of Islands'', in 1992 and went on to write several more throughout the 1990s. His 1997third bookwork of nonfiction, ''Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World'', was won the 1998 James Beard Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards Search {{!}} James Beard Foundation |url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?categories%5BBook%5D=&page=12 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |website=www.jamesbeard.org}}</ref> It became an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15 languages. His work and contribution to [[Basques|Basque]] identity and culture was recognized in 2001 when the Society of Basque Studies in America named him to the Basque Hall of Fame.<ref name=":0" /> That same year, he was awarded an honorary ambassadorship from the Basque government.<ref name=":0" />

As a teenager, Kurlansky called [[Émile Zola]] his "hero", and in 2009, he translated one of Zola's novels, ''[[The Belly of Paris]]'', whose theme is the food markets of Paris.<ref name=bop>[http://paris-expat.com/books/interviews/mark-kurlansky/ "A Conversation with Mark Kurlansky, translator of Zola’s Classic"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120232858/http://paris-expat.com/books/interviews/mark-kurlansky/ |date=January 20, 2015 }}, conversation with Terrance Gelenter</ref>

Kurlansky's 2009 book, ''The Food of a Younger Land'', with the lengthy subtitle "A portrait of American food – before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional – from the lost [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] files", details American [[foodways]] in the early 20th century.

* ''A ChosenContinent Fewof Islands: TheSearching Resurrectionfor ofthe EuropeanCaribbean JewryDestiny'' (19951992), Addison-Wesley Publishing. {{ISBN|0-201-6089852396-75}}

* ''Cod: A BiographyChosen ofFew: theThe FishResurrection That Changedof theEuropean WorldJewry'' (19971995), {{ISBN|0-8027201-132660898-27}}

* ''Salt:The A WorldBasque History of the World'' (20021999), {{ISBN|0-8027-13731349-41}}

* ''[[Nonviolence: The Big Oyster: History ofon athe DangerousHalf IdeaShell]]'' (2006), {{ISBN|978-0-224345-0779147638-07}}

* ''[[Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From theThe History of a Dangerous Idea]]'' (2006), {{ISBN|978-0-679224-6433507791-40}}

* ''The Last Fish TaleNonviolence: TheTwenty-five FateLessons ofFrom the AtlanticHistory and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port andof Mosta OriginalDangerous TownIdea'' (20082006), {{ISBN|0-345679-4872764335-34}}

* ''The Food of a Younger Land'' (2009), {{ISBN|1-59448-865-7}}
* ''The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris'' (2010), {{ISBN|1-59448-750-2}}

* ''What?: Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History--OrHistory—Or Is This a Game of 20 Questions?'' (2011), {{ISBN|978-0-8027-7906-9}}

* ''Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One'' (2011), {{ISBN|978-0300136609}}

* ''Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man'' (2012), {{ISBN|978-0-385-52705-7}}

* ''Ready Forfor a Brand New Beat: How '"Dancing Inin Thethe Street'" Became the Anthem for a Changing America'' (2013), {{ISBN|978-1-59448-722-4}}

* ''International Night: A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World'' with Talia Kurlansky (2014), {{ISBN|978-1-620-40027-2}}

* ''Havana: A Subtropical Delirium'' (2017), {{ISBN|978-1632863911}}

* ''Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas'' (2018), {{ISBN|9781632863843}}

* ''SalmonBugless: andWhy theLadybugs, Earth:Butterflies, TheFireflies, History ofand aBees Commonare FateDisappearing'' (2019), {{ISBN|978-19383408641547600854}}

* ''Bugless:[[Salmon Why(book)|Salmon Ladybugs,and Butterflies,the Fireflies,Earth: andThe History of Beesa areCommon DisappearingFate]]'' (20192020), {{ISBN|978-15476008541938340864}}

* ''The White Man in the Tree, and Other Stories'' (2000), {{ISBN|0-671-03605-X}}

* ''Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music'' (2005), {{ISBN|0-345-44818-9}}

* ''Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts'' (2010), {{ISBN|1-59448-488-0}}

* ''City Beasts: Fourteen Stories of Uninvited Wildlife'' (2015), {{ISBN|9781594485879}}

* 1998: [[James Beard Foundation Award|James A. Beard Award]] for excellence in food writing<ref name=":0" />

* 2006: ''[[Bon Appétit|Bon Appetit]]'' Food Writer of the Year<ref name=":0" />

* 2007: non-fictionNonfiction winner of the [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]] for ''Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From [[Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea|the History of a Dangerous Idea]]'' (2006).<ref name=":0" /><ref>[http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2007-nonfiction_winner.htm "Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea, 2007 nonfiction winner"]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Mark Kurlansky, 2007 Nonfiction Winner|url = http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2007-nonfiction_winner.htm|website = www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org|access-date = 2016-01-January 13, 2016}}</ref>

* 2007: honoraryHonorary Doctor of Letters, [[Butler University]]<ref name=":0" />

* 2011: Gold Award, National Parenting Publications Awards for ''World Without Fish''<ref name=":0" />

* Pluma Plata award for ''Salt''<ref name=":0" />

== References ==

[[Category:American journalistsmale non-fiction writers]]