- Ferenc Máté
Ferenc Máté (born 1945 in Hungary) escaped
Hungary after the revolution with his mother toVancouver ,British Columbia . He has lived in British Columbia,California ,New York ,Paris , andRome , and now resides on a wine estateTuscany with his wife, painter and winemaker Candace Máté, and their son, Peter. For much of their first twenty years together, Máté and his wife lived on sailboats, traveling the world, photographing and occasionally publishing books and calendars on sailboats. His first book, "From a Bare Hull",1970 , is still considered one of the best books on boat-building ever written. In addition to sailing books, Máté has written a memoir about adjusting to Italian life, an international bestseller"The Hills of Tuscany", and a book-length essay on the environmental impact of the excesses of modern lifestyles, "A Reasonable Life". His first novel, "Ghost Sea' (W. W. Norton,2006 ) is the first of a series of anthropological thrillers involving an outlaw sea captain, Dugger. He is now writing the next volume, "Sea of Lost Dreams", set in Tahiti.His new book, "A Vineyard in Tuscany" (W. W. Norton, November 5th, 2007) tells the story of their renovating a 13th century house and starting a now world-renowned winery. Related websites are www.ferencmate.com and www.matewine.com.
Books by Ferenc Máté
*"Seven Seas sailors' calendars", published annually
*"From A Bare Hull: How To Build A Sailboat" (1975 )
*"The Finely Fitted Yacht: The Boat Improvement Manual, Volumes 1 and 2" (1978 )
*"Shipshape: Art of Sailboat Maintenance" (1982 )
*"The World's Best Sailboats: Volume 1" (1987 , Volume 2 (2003 )
*"Best Boats" (1990 )
*"The Hills of Tuscany" (1999 )
*"A Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Humane Existence" (1992 )
*"Autumn: A New England Journey" (2001)
*"Ghost Sea: A Novel" (2006 )
*"A New England Autumn" (2007 )
*"A Vineyard in Tuscany" (2007 )
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