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Mark Kurlansky (December 7, 1948) is an American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction. He has written a number of books of fiction and non-fiction. His 1997 book, ''Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World,'' (1997) was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15 languages. His book ''Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea'' (2006) was the non-fiction winner of the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. ==Life and work== Kurlansky was born in Hartford, Connecticut on December 7, 1948. He attended Butler University, where he harbored an early interest in theatre and earned a BA in 1970. However, his interest faded and he began to work as a journalist in the 1970s. During the 1970s he worked as a correspondent in Western Europe for the ''Miami Herald'', ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', and eventually the Paris-based ''International Herald Tribune''. He moved to Mexico in 1982 where he continued to do journalism. He wrote his first book, ''A Continent of Islands'', in 1992 and went on to write several books throughout the 1990s. His 1997 book ''Cod'' was an international bestseller and was translated into more than 15 languages. His work and contribution to Basque identity and culture is recognized in the Basque hall of fame. Kurlansky as a teenager called Émile Zola his "hero", and in 2009 Kurlansky translated one of Zola's novels ''The Belly of Paris'' whose theme is the food markets of Paris.〔("A Conversation with Mark Kurlansky, translator of Zola’s Classic" ), conversation with Terrance Gelenter〕 His 2009 book ''The Food of a Younger Land'', details American foodways in the early 20th century, 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 WPA files." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Kurlansky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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