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/></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-06-28</span>) </span>June 28, 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 77)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Author</li> <li>journalist</li> <li>news commentator</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Lisa (Kennedy) Helprin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Lynn" title="Eleanor Lynn">Eleanor Lynn</a>, Morris Helprin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://markhelprin.org">markhelprin<wbr />.org</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold;">Military career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_the_Israeli_Army_%28Land_Arm%29_Gray.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Israeli_Army_%28Land_Arm%29_Gray.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_the_Israeli_Army_%28Land_Arm%29_Gray.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Israeli_Army_%28Land_Arm%29_Gray.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Ground_Forces" title="Israeli Ground Forces">Israeli Ground Forces</a></li><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Israel.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Israel.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Israel.svg/45px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="729" data-file-height="486" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mark Helprin</b> (born June 28, 1947) is an American-Israeli <a href="/wiki/Novelist" title="Novelist">novelist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Journalist" title="Journalist">journalist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative">conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Pundit_(expert)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pundit (expert)">commentator</a>, Senior Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/Claremont_Institute" title="Claremont Institute">Claremont Institute</a> for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_in_Rome" title="American Academy in Rome">American Academy in Rome</a>, and Member of <a href="/wiki/The_Council_on_Foreign_Relations" class="mw-redirect" title="The Council on Foreign Relations">the Council on Foreign Relations</a>. 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".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Helprin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Helprin was born in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, New York City, in 1947. His father, Morris Helprin, worked in the film industry, eventually becoming president of <a href="/wiki/London_Films" title="London Films">London Films</a>. His mother was actress <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Lynn" title="Eleanor Lynn">Eleanor Lynn</a>, who starred in several Broadway productions in the 1930s and 40s. In 1953 the family left New York City for the prosperous <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> valley suburb of <a href="/wiki/Ossining_(town),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Ossining (town), New York">Ossining, New York</a>. He was raised on the Hudson River and was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Scarborough_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Scarborough School">Scarborough School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-harvardmagazine_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvardmagazine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> graduating in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later lived in the <a href="/wiki/British_West_Indies" title="British West Indies">British West Indies</a>. Helprin holds degrees from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (B.A. 1969), and <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Graduate_School_of_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences">Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences</a> (M.A. 1972). Helprin's postgraduate study was at <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magdalen_College,_Oxford" title="Magdalen College, Oxford">Magdalen College, Oxford</a>, University of Oxford, 1976–77. During the late 1970s, he became an Israeli citizen. He served in the Israeli infantry and the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a>. Helprin is married to Lisa (Kennedy) Helprin. They have two daughters, Alexandra and Olivia. They live on a 56-acre farm in <a href="/wiki/Earlysville,_Virginia" title="Earlysville, Virginia">Earlysville, Virginia</a>, and like his father and grandfather who had farms before him, Helprin does much of the work on his land.<sup id="cite_ref-harvardmagazine_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvardmagazine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Novels,_short_stories_and_periodicals"><span id="Novels.2C_short_stories_and_periodicals"></span>Novels, short stories and periodicals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Helprin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Novels, short stories and periodicals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Helprin states that his literary creation "always starts with something very small". "I can sit down to write a story just by thinking of the first two words of a <a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">Scott Fitzgerald</a> story: 'This Jonquil'—it's a woman's name. This always gets me in the mood to write. We create nothing new—no one has ever imagined a new color—so what you are doing is revitalizing. You are remembering, then combining, altering. Artists who think they're creating new worlds are simply creating tiny versions of this world." His inspirations include <a href="/wiki/Dante" class="mw-redirect" title="Dante">Dante</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herman_Melville" title="Herman Melville">Melville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-harvardmagazine_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvardmagazine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His first novel, published in 1977, was <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Refiner%27s_Fire:_The_Life_and_Adventures_of_Marshall_Pearl,_a_Foundling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling (page does not exist)">Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling</a></i>. The 1983 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Winter%27s_Tale_(novel)" title="Winter's Tale (novel)">Winter's Tale</a></i> is a sometimes fantastic tale of early 20th century life in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. He published <i><a href="/wiki/A_Soldier_of_the_Great_War" title="A Soldier of the Great War">A Soldier of the Great War</a></i> in 1991. <i><a href="/wiki/Memoir_from_Antproof_Case" class="mw-redirect" title="Memoir from Antproof Case">Memoir from Antproof Case</a></i>, published in 1995, includes long comic diatribes against the <a href="/wiki/Health_effects_of_coffee" title="Health effects of coffee">effects of coffee</a>. Helprin published <i><a href="/wiki/Freddy_and_Fredericka" title="Freddy and Fredericka">Freddy and Fredericka</a></i>, a satire based on <a href="/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles, Prince of Wales">Prince Charles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princess_Diana" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Diana">Princess Diana</a>, in 2005. <i><a href="/wiki/In_Sunlight_and_In_Shadow" class="mw-redirect" title="In Sunlight and In Shadow">In Sunlight and In Shadow</a></i> was released in 2012, and has been described as an extended love song to New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paris_In_The_Present_Tense&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paris In The Present Tense (page does not exist)">Paris In The Present Tense</a></i> was published in 2017. </p><p>Helprin has published three books of short stories: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Dove_of_the_East_%26_Other_Stories&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Dove of the East & Other Stories (page does not exist)">A Dove of the East & Other Stories</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellis_Island_%26_Other_Stories&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ellis Island & Other Stories (page does not exist)">Ellis Island & Other Stories</a></i> (1981), and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Pacific_and_Other_Stories&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Pacific and Other Stories (page does not exist)">The Pacific and Other Stories</a></i> (2004). He has written three children's books, all of which are illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg" title="Chris Van Allsburg">Chris Van Allsburg</a>: <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swan_Lake_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swan Lake (novel) (page does not exist)">Swan Lake</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_City_in_Winter" title="A City in Winter">A City in Winter</a></i>, and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Veil_of_Snows&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Veil of Snows (page does not exist)">The Veil of Snows</a></i>. His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. </p><p>Helprin's writing has appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i> for two decades. He writes essays and a column for the <i><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Review_of_Books" title="Claremont Review of Books">Claremont Review of Books</a></i>. His writings, including political op-eds, have appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> (for which he was a contributing editor until 2006), <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a> Monthly</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Criterion" title="The New Criterion">The New Criterion</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/American_Heritage_(magazine)" title="American Heritage (magazine)">American Heritage</a></i>, and other publications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Helprin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 16 October 1992 article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> by Helprin is entitled "I Dodged the Draft and I Was Wrong". Adapted from a speech he had given at <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">West Point</a>, he said his poor eyesight made him ineligible for service in the US military, but was no impediment to fighting in the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Defense_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Israeli Defense Force">Israeli Defense Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Helprin wrote an <a href="/wiki/Op-ed" title="Op-ed">op-ed</a> published in the May 20, 2007 issue of <i>The New York Times</i>, in which he argued that <a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property">intellectual property</a> rights should be assigned to an author or artist as far as Congress could practically extend them.<sup id="cite_ref-HelprinNYT1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HelprinNYT1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The overwhelmingly negative response to his position in the blogosphere and elsewhere was reported on <i>The New York Times</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s blog the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-HelprinNYT2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HelprinNYT2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helprin was said to be shocked by the response.<sup id="cite_ref-HelprinNPR_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HelprinNPR-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2009, <a href="/wiki/HarperCollins" title="HarperCollins">HarperCollins</a> published Helprin's "writer's manifesto", <i>Digital Barbarism</i>. In May, <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig" title="Lawrence Lessig">Lawrence Lessig</a> penned a review of the book entitled "The Solipsist and the Internet" in which he described the book as a response to the "digital putdown" heaped upon Helprin's <i>New York Times</i> op-ed.<sup id="cite_ref-LessigReview_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LessigReview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lessig called Helprin's writing "insanely sloppy"<sup id="cite_ref-LessigBlog_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LessigBlog-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also criticized HarperCollins for publishing a book "riddled with the most basic errors of fact."<sup id="cite_ref-LessigReview_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LessigReview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to such criticisms, Helprin wrote a long defense of his book in the September 21, 2009 edition of <i>National Review</i>, which concluded: "<i>Digital Barbarism</i> is not as much a defense of copyright as it is an attack upon a distortion of culture that has become a false savior in an age of many false saviors. Despite its lack of mechanical perfections, humanity, as stumbling and awkward as it is, is far superior to the machine. It always has been and always will be, and this conviction must never be surrendered. But surrender these days is incremental, seems painless, and comes so quietly that warnings are drowned in silence."<sup id="cite_ref-HelprinNR_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HelprinNR-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_accomplishments">Honors and accomplishments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Helprin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honors and accomplishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Fellow of the American Academy in Rome and a former <a href="/wiki/Guggenheim_Fellowship" title="Guggenheim Fellowship">Guggenheim Fellow</a>, Helprin has been awarded the <a href="/wiki/National_Jewish_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Jewish Book Award">National Jewish Book Award</a> for <i>Ellis Island and Other Stories</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Prix_de_Rome" title="Prix de Rome">Prix de Rome</a> from the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_and_Institute_of_Arts_and_Letters" class="mw-redirect" title="American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters">American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters</a>. </p><p>He is also a senior fellow at the <a href="/wiki/Claremont_Institute" title="Claremont Institute">Claremont Institute</a> for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. In 1996 he served as a foreign policy advisor and speechwriter to presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>. </p><p>In May 2006, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times_Book_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times Book Review">New York Times Book Review</a></i> published a list of American novels, compiled from the responses to a short letter [from the NYT Book Review] to a couple of hundred prominent writers, critics, editors and other literary sages that asked them to identify <span style="padding-right:.15em;">"</span>'the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>" Among the 22 books to have received multiple votes was Helprin's <i><a href="/wiki/Winter%27s_Tale_(novel)" title="Winter's Tale (novel)">Winter's Tale</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006 Helprin received the <a href="/wiki/Helmerich_Award" title="Helmerich Award">Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award</a>. This award is presented annually by the <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_City-County_Library" title="Tulsa City-County Library">Tulsa Library Trust</a>. </p><p>On November 8, 2010, in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, Helprin was awarded the 2010 Salvatori Prize in the American Founding by the <a href="/wiki/Claremont_Institute" title="Claremont Institute">Claremont Institute</a>. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/A_City_in_Winter" title="A City in Winter">A City in Winter</a></i> won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Helprin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>A Dove of the East and Other Stories</i> (1975)</li> <li><i>Refiner's Fire</i> (1977)</li> <li><i>Ellis Island and Other Stories</i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Winter%27s_Tale_(novel)" title="Winter's Tale (novel)">Winter's Tale</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i>Swan Lake</i> (Illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg" title="Chris Van Allsburg">Chris Van Allsburg</a>) (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Soldier_of_the_Great_War" title="A Soldier of the Great War">A Soldier of the Great War</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Memoir_From_Antproof_Case" title="Memoir From Antproof Case">Memoir From Antproof Case</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_City_in_Winter" title="A City in Winter">A City in Winter</a></i> (Illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg" title="Chris Van Allsburg">Chris Van Allsburg</a>) (1996)</li> <li><i>The Veil of Snows</i> (Illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Chris_Van_Allsburg" title="Chris Van Allsburg">Chris Van Allsburg</a>) (1997)</li> <li><i>The Pacific and Other Stories</i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freddy_and_Fredericka" title="Freddy and Fredericka">Freddy and Fredericka</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i>Digital Barbarism: A Writer's Manifesto</i> (2009)</li> <li><i>A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy</i> (2010) – The collection of <i>Swan Lake</i>, <i>A City in Winter</i>, and <i>The Veil of Snows</i> in one volume.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Sunlight_and_In_Shadow" class="mw-redirect" title="In Sunlight and In Shadow">In Sunlight and In Shadow</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i>Paris In the Present Tense</i> (2017)</li> <li><i>The Ocean and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story</i> (2023)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Helprin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141012225408/http://markhelprin.com/about">"About the Author"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://markhelprin.com/about">the original</a> on October 12, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 1,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=About+the+Author&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmarkhelprin.com%2Fabout&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-harvardmagazine-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-harvardmagazine_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harvardmagazine_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-harvardmagazine_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLambert2005" class="citation news cs1">Lambert, Craig (May–June 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2005/05/literary-warrior.html">"Literary Warrior: Mark Helprin's fictional marvels and political heterodoxies"</a>. <i>Harvard Magazine Inc</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 17,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Harvard+Magazine+Inc.&rft.atitle=Literary+Warrior%3A+Mark+Helprin%27s+fictional+marvels+and+political+heterodoxies&rft.date=2005-05%2F2005-06&rft.aulast=Lambert&rft.aufirst=Craig&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fharvardmagazine.com%2F2005%2F05%2Fliterary-warrior.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHelprin1977" class="citation book cs1">Helprin, Mark (1977). <i>Refiner's Fire</i>. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-15-603107-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-15-603107-3"><bdi>978-0-15-603107-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Refiner%27s+Fire&rft.place=Orlando%2C+Florida&rft.pub=Harcourt+Brace+Jovanovich&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0-15-603107-3&rft.aulast=Helprin&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2012/10/06/161842861/a-love-song-to-family-new-york-in-sunlight=2012">"interview with Mark Helprin by Scott Simon on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232132/http://www.npr.org/2012/10/06/161842861/a-love-song-to-family-new-york-in-sunlight=2012">Archived</a> from the original on October 27, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 2,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=interview+with+Mark+Helprin+by+Scott+Simon+on+National+Public+Radio%27s+Weekend+Edition&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2012%2F10%2F06%2F161842861%2Fa-love-song-to-family-new-york-in-sunlight%3D2012&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHelprin1992" class="citation news cs1">Helprin, Mark (October 16, 1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fpparchive.org/media/documents/communism_and_responses/I%20Dodged%20the%20Draft,%20and%20I%20Was%20Wrong_Mark%20Helprin_Oct%2016,%201992_The%20Wall%20Street%20Journal.pdf">"I Dodged the Draft and I Was Wrong"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 15,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=I+Dodged+the+Draft+and+I+Was+Wrong&rft.date=1992-10-16&rft.aulast=Helprin&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fpparchive.org%2Fmedia%2Fdocuments%2Fcommunism_and_responses%2FI%2520Dodged%2520the%2520Draft%2C%2520and%2520I%2520Was%2520Wrong_Mark%2520Helprin_Oct%252016%2C%25201992_The%2520Wall%2520Street%2520Journal.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HelprinNYT1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HelprinNYT1_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHelprin2007" class="citation news cs1">Helprin, Mark (May 20, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/20helprin.html">"A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn't Its Copyright?"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230708170041/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/20helprin.html">Archived</a> from the original on July 8, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 22,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=A+Great+Idea+Lives+Forever.+Shouldn%27t+Its+Copyright%3F&rft.date=2007-05-20&rft.aulast=Helprin&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F05%2F20%2Fopinion%2F20helprin.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HelprinNYT2-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HelprinNYT2_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNizza2007" class="citation news cs1">Nizza, Mike (May 21, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/to-the-editor-please-see-wiki">"To the Editor: Please See Wiki"</a>. The Lede (blog). <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070523163636/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/to-the-editor-please-see-wiki/">Archived</a> from the original on May 23, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 22,</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=To+the+Editor%3A+Please+See+Wiki&rft.date=2007-05-21&rft.aulast=Nizza&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fthelede.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F05%2F21%2Fto-the-editor-please-see-wiki&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HelprinNPR-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HelprinNPR_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103508516">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Digital Barbarism' Wages Online Copyright Battle"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/All_Things_Considered" title="All Things Considered">All Things Considered</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 30,</span> 2009</span>. <q>Contains book excerpt, Chapter 5</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=All+Things+Considered&rft.atitle=%27Digital+Barbarism%27+Wages+Online+Copyright+Battle&rft.date=2009-04-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D103508516&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LessigReview-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LessigReview_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LessigReview_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLessig2009" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig" title="Lawrence Lessig">Lessig, Lawrence</a> (May 20, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lessig.org/blog/2009/05/the_solipsist_and_the_internet.html">"The Solipsist and the Internet"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090523100923/http://www.lessig.org/blog/2009/05/the_solipsist_and_the_internet.html">Archived</a> from the original on May 23, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 30,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Solipsist+and+the+Internet&rft.date=2009-05-20&rft.aulast=Lessig&rft.aufirst=Lawrence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lessig.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fthe_solipsist_and_the_internet.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LessigBlog-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LessigBlog_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLessig2009" class="citation web cs1">Lessig, Lawrence (May 28, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lessig.org/blog/2009/05/et_tu_kk_aka_no_kevin_this_is.html">"Et tu, KK? (aka, No, Kevin, This Is Not 'Socialism')"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 30,</span> 2009</span>. <q>I threw away a week I didn't have penning an insanely long review (as I described it), of Mark Helprin's insanely sloppy <i>Digital Barbarism</i>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Et+tu%2C+KK%3F+%28aka%2C+No%2C+Kevin%2C+This+Is+Not+%27Socialism%27%29&rft.date=2009-05-28&rft.aulast=Lessig&rft.aufirst=Lawrence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lessig.org%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fet_tu_kk_aka_no_kevin_this_is.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMark+Helprin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HelprinNR-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HelprinNR_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHelprin2009" class="citation web cs1">Helprin, Mark (September 21, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2009/09/21/defense-book/">"In Defense of the Book: A Reply to the Critics of <i>Digital Barbarism</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210118141908/https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2009/09/21/defense-book/">Archived</a> from the original on January 18, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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