Halter, Marek –
PERSONAL: Born January 27, , in Warsaw, Poland; immigrated to France, ; son of Salomon (a printer) and Perl (a poet) Halter; married; wife's name Clara. Education: Attended L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Religion: Jewish.
ADDRESSES: Home—Paris, France. Office—c/o Author Mail, Crown Publicity, Broadway, New York, NY
CAREER: Writer, artist, human rights activist, and editor. Worked as a mime for two years in Paris, France; paintings shown in exhibitions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel Aviv, Israel, and New York City. International Committee for a Negotiated Peace Agreement in the Near East, founder, Involved for many years in informal peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel; served as president of the European Foundation for Science, Art, and Culture.
AWARDS, HONORS: Prix Aujourd'hui, , for Le fou et les rois; Prix du Livre Inter, for The Book of Abraham.
WRITINGS:
Le fou et les rois (autobiography), A. Michel (Paris, France), c. , published as The Jester and the Kings: A Political Autobiography, translated by Lowell Bair, Little, Brown (New York, NY),
La vie incertaine de Marco Mahler (title means "The Unc
Marek Halter Edit Profile
Marek Halter is a French-Jewish writer and activist, known best for his historical novels, which have been translated into English, Polish, Hebrew, and many other languages.
Background
He was born in Warsaw, Poland in
Education
In , he returned to Poland with his family, but he left for Paris in , when he was fourteen, and studied pantomime under Marcel Marceau.
Career
In he was chosen to travel to Moscow to present flowers to Joseph Stalin. In the family returned to Poland and in , they emigrated to France, taking up residence in Paris. He was admitted to the École nationale des beaux-arts to study painting.
His first international exhibit was in in Buenos Aires, and he remained in that city for 2 years, returning to France in , where he engaged in political journalism and advocacy.
In Halter organized the French College in Moscow. As of he remained the president of the college.
Halter has also been subject to controversy in recent years. French magazines Le Point and Le Nouvel Observateur have accused him of lying about several parts of his life.
Nonfiction works include:
The Jes
Marek Halter
Marek Halter was born in Poland in During World War II, he and his parents narrowly escaped from the Warsaw ghetto. After a time in Russia and Uzbekistan, they emigrated to France in There Halter studied pantomime with Marcel Marceau and embarked on a career as a painter that led to several international exhibitions. In , he founded the International Committee for a Negotiated Peace Agreement in theNear East and played a crucial role in the organization of the first official meetings between Palestinians and Israelis.
In the s, Marek Halter turned to writing. He first published THE MADMAN AND THE KINGS, which was awarded the Prix Aujourd’hui in He is also the author of several internationally acclaimed, bestselling historical novels, including THE MESSIAH, THE MYSTERIES OF JERUSALEM, and THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM, SARAH, the first novel of the Canaan trilogy. LILAH, the last of the trilogy, will be published in Marek Halter lives in Paris.
Books by Marek Halter
Sarah: Book One of the Canaan Trilogy
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