Morris (Morrie) Schwartz ( Eng. Morrie Schwartz ; December 20, 1916 , New York - November 4, 1995 , Newton (Massachusetts) ) - professor of sociology at Brandeis University Waltham (Massachusetts) , USA .
Fame brought him the best-selling book " Tuesdays with Morrie " by Mitch Albom (1997).
Biography
He was born in the family of a Jewish emigrant who fled from Russia from conscription into the tsarist army. He spent his childhood and youth in the Jewish quarter of the Lower East Side in Manhattan . At the age of 8, he lost his mother, soon his brother David became ill with polio . Studied at New York City College .
Then at the University of Chicago , where in 1951 he became a doctor of science.
In 1950-1960, M. Schwartz wrote three books on sociology. He worked as a professor of sociology, a professor at Brandeis University until the 1970s, until Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) discovered in him allowed him to continue working at the university.
He was respected by both his fellow teachers and students. One of his favorite students was Mitch Albom, a future sports commentator, feuilleton player, prose writer.
In 1995, Mitch Albom accidentally saw in an ABC Nightline news broadcast an interview with bedridden professor Morrey Schwartz, where he talked about his life with an incurable disease and the expected death from her.
Mitch, who during his college years knew Morrey Schwartz, his then teacher , contacted him, came to visit him in a suburb of Boston, and then began to come every Tuesday to discuss life and death .
Trying to find a way to pay Morrey's medical bills, Mitch decided to find a publisher for a book that would describe these visits. The book "Tuesdays with Morrie" was published in 1997 in a small print run . However, already in October of that year she was on the list of New York bestsellers and was there for 205 weeks. [1] A total of 14 million copies of the book were sold, it was translated into 41 languages [2] and is one of the most widely read memoirs of all time. [3] . In 1999, the book was filmed. The main role - Morrie Schwartz was played by the popular actor Jack Lemmon .
See also
- Tuesdays with Morrie
Notes
- ↑ Stephanie V. Siek. “Tuesdays (and more) with MORRIE SCHWARTZ.” The Boston Globe. Thursday, November 10, 2005. Available: [1]
- ↑ Mouth Public Relations. Tuesdays with Morrie tip-sheet. Archived copy . Date of treatment November 14, 2012. Archived September 1, 2009.
- ↑ Irvin, Woodrow. "Festival to Toast Literature." Washington Post. Thursday, September 20, 2007. PW03. Online Internet Available: Washington Post
Links
- Remembering Morrie Schwartz (English)