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'Erich Wolf Segal' (born June 16, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author, screenwriter, and educator.
The son of a rabbi, Segal attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn and traveled to Switzerland to take summer courses. He attended Harvard University, graduating as both the class poet and Latin salutatorian in 1958, after which he obtained his master's degree and a doctorate.
He was a professor of Greek and Latin literature at Harvard University, Yale University and Princeton University. He now is teaching at Wolfson College, Oxford.
In 1967, from the story by Lee Minoff, he wrote the screenplay for The Beatles 1968 motion picture, ''Yellow Submarine''.
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 the William Morris Agency suggested he turn the script into a novel and the result was a literary and motion 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 the United States, and was translated into more than 20 languages worldwide. The motion picture of the same name was the number one box 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''.
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, and Dartmouth College. He has written widely on Greek and Latin literature. His novel ''The Class'' (1985), a saga based on the Harvard Class of 1958, was also a bestseller, and also won literary honour in France and Italy . ''Doctors'' was another New York Times bestseller from Segal.
Segal has been married to Karen Marianne James since 1975; they have two daughters.
★ ''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)
★ ''The Comedy of Plautus'' (1968)
★ ''Love Story'' (1970)
★ ''Fairy Tales'' (1973)
★ ''Oliver's Story'' (1977)
★ ''Man, Woman and Child'' (1980)
★ Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects, , Fergus, Millar, Clarendon Press, , 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)
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| Contents |
| Early life |
| Teaching career |
| Writing career |
| Yellow Submarine |
| Love Story |
| Writing & teaching after Love Story |
| Family |
| Filmography |
| Bibliography |
| External link |
Early life
The son of a rabbi, Segal attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn and traveled to Switzerland to take summer courses. He attended Harvard University, graduating as both the class poet and Latin salutatorian in 1958, after which he obtained his master's degree and a doctorate.
Teaching career
He was a professor of Greek and Latin literature at Harvard University, Yale University and Princeton University. He now is teaching at Wolfson College, Oxford.
Writing career
Yellow Submarine
In 1967, from the story by Lee Minoff, he wrote the screenplay for The Beatles 1968 motion 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 the William Morris Agency suggested he turn the script into a novel and the result was a literary and motion 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 the United States, and was translated into more than 20 languages worldwide. The motion picture of the same name was the number one box 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, and Dartmouth College. He has written widely on Greek and Latin literature. His novel ''The Class'' (1985), a saga based on the Harvard Class of 1958, was also a bestseller, and also won literary honour in France and Italy . ''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
★ ''The Comedy of Plautus'' (1968)
★ ''Love Story'' (1970)
★ ''Fairy Tales'' (1973)
★ ''Oliver's Story'' (1977)
★ ''Man, Woman and Child'' (1980)
★ Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects, , Fergus, Millar, Clarendon Press, , 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)
External link
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