- Erich Segal
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footnotes =Erich Wolf Segal (born
June 16 ,1937 inBrooklyn, New York ) is an Americanauthor ,screenwriter , andeducator .Early life
The son of a
rabbi , Segal attendedMidwood High School in Brooklyn and traveled toSwitzerland to take summer courses. He attendedHarvard College , graduating as both the class poet andLatin salutatorian in 1958, after which he obtained hismaster's degree (in 1959) and adoctorate (in 1965) in comparative literature fromHarvard University . [ [http://www.newyorktimesbestsellerlist.org/archives/29 "Erich W. Segal", from "The Harvard Crimson", June 1, 2008] ]Teaching career
Segal was a professor of Greek and Latin literature at Harvard University,
Yale University andPrinceton University . He now is teaching atWolfson College ,Oxford .Writing career
"Yellow Submarine"
In 1967, from the story by
Lee Minoff , he wrote thescreenplay forThe Beatles ' 1968motion picture , "Yellow Submarine"."Love Story"
In the late 1960s, Segal collaborated on other screenplays, and also had written a "synthetic" romantic story by himself about a Harvard and a Radcliffe student, but failed to sell it. However,
literary agent Lois Wallace at theWilliam Morris Agency suggested he turn the script into anovel and the result was a literary andmotion picture phenomenon called "Love Story". A "New York Times " No. 1 bestseller, the book became the top selling work of fiction for all of 1970 in theUnited States , and was translated into 33 languages worldwide. The motion picture of the same name was the number onebox office attraction of 1971.Erich Segal went on to write more novels and screenplays, including the 1977 sequel to "Love Story", called "
Oliver's Story ".Writing & teaching after "Love Story"
He has published a number of scholarly works as well as teaching at the university level. He has acted as a visiting professor for the
University of Munich , Princeton University, andDartmouth College . He has written widely on Greek andLatin literature . His novel "The Class" (1985), a saga based on the Harvard Class of 1958, was also a bestseller, and won literary honour inFrance andItaly .Fact|date=February 2007 "Doctors" was another "New York Times" bestseller from Segal.Family
Segal has been married to Karen Marianne James since 1975; they have two daughters.
Filmography
*"Yellow Submarine" (1968)
*"The Games" (1970)
*"R.P.M. " (1970)
*"Love Story" (1970)
*"Jennifer on My Mind " (1971)
*"Oliver's Story " (1978)
*"A Change of Seasons" (1980)
*"Man, Woman and Child " (1983)Bibliography
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The Comedy of Plautus " (1968)
*"Love Story" (1970)
*"Fairy Tales" (1973)
*"Oliver's Story " (1977)
*"Man, Woman and Child " (1980)
* cite book
last =Millar
first =Fergus
authorlink =Fergus Millar
coauthors =Erich Segal
title =Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects
publisher =Clarendon Press
pages=221 pages
date =1984
id =ISBN 0198148585
*"The Class" (1985)
*"Doctors" (1988)
*"Acts of Faith " (1992)
*"Prizes" (1995)
*"Only Love" (1998)
*"The Death of Comedy " (2001)
*"Oxford Readings in Greek Tragedy " (2001)
*"Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence " (2002)References
External links
*imdb name|id=0781777|name=Erich Segal
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