Gopnik, Adam

The early years

Adam Gopnik was born into a Jewish family in the city of Philadelphia and grew up in Montreal . His parents, Irwin ( Eng. Irwin ) and Mirna ( Eng. Myrna Gopnik ), were professors at McGill University , which Gopnik graduated with a bachelor's degree. Further, he wrote for a university newspaper, . He defended his thesis at New York University of the Arts . Since 1986, Gopnik began his career at The New Yorker ^[2] , demonstrating an interest in basketball and the Renaissance.

Interest in art

Adam studied art history with his friend Kirk Varnedoe , the host of the famous 1990 show called “High / Low” at the New York's Museum of Modern Art . He later wrote an article for Search Magazine that linked the religion, art, and compatibility of Christianity and Darwinism. In the article, he argues that the art of human history is a product of religious thoughts, and also that human behavior does not depend on religion or secularism (separating the school from the church).

Paris and the Paris Journal

In 1995, on the instructions of the editors, he went to Paris to write an article “Paris Journals” ( English Paris Journals ), which described the city. This article was later published by in the book Paris to the Moon. The book became a bestseller according to The New York Times ^{[3] [4]} .

For 2014, Gopnik lives in New York with his wife Martha Parker ( Eng. Martha Parker ) and two children, Luke ( Eng. Luke ) and Olivia ( Eng. Olivia ). He has five brothers and sisters, including Blake Gopnik, an art critic at The Daily Beast , and Alison Gopnik, a child psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley.

In addition to the Paris to the Moon published in 2000, Random House also published author's views on life in New York, and especially on the difference in upbringing. Children's Gate was released in 2006 (As with previous memoirs, enough material has already appeared in The New Yorker). In 2005, Hyperion Books published his novel for children, The King in the Window , in which it was written about Oliver, an American boy living in Paris, who lost his magic ring and stumbled upon an ancient the war between Window Ghosts and the dangerous Master of the Mirror. The next book, which mentions Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin , was called Angels and Ages , and was published in 2009. In 2010, Hyperion Books published a fantastic novel for children called The Steps Across the Water , a chronicle of the adventures of a young girl Rosa who is looking for the magical city of U Nork. In 2011, Gopnik was elected speaker for the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Massey Lectures, where he gave five lectures in five Canadian cities based on his book Winter: Five Windows for the Season . Winter: Five Windows on the Season ) ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} . His recent book (2011) is called The Table Comes First , about food, its preparation, and restaurants ^[9] .

A frequent guest at Charlie Rose , Gopnik was awarded two national magazine awards for essays, criticism, and the George Polk Award for Journalist Reporters. His contribution to the culture of the United States of America is described in Encyclopædia Britannica .

Gopnik was also a member of the jury at NYICFF , the local New York City Film Festival , dedicated to filming films for children aged 3 and 18 years ^[10] .

Books

• Paris to the Moon (2000), ISBN 0-375-75823-2 . excerpt
• (Editor) “Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology” (2004), ISBN 1-931082-56-1
• "The King in the Window (2005)
• “Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York” (2006), ISBN 978-1-4000-4181-7 . excerpt
• “Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life” (2009), ISBN 978-0-307-27078-8
• “The Steps Across the Water” (2010), ISBN 978-1-4231-1213-6
• “Winter: Five Windows on the Season” (2011), ISBN 978-0-88784-975-6
• “The Table Comes First: France, Family, and the Meaning of Food” (2011), ISBN 978-0-307-59345-0

Articles

• Gopnik, Adam. The Critics: A Critic at Large: Man of Fetters: Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale (Eng.) // The New Yorker : magazine. - Condé Nast , 2008 .-- December 8 ( vol. 84 , no. 40 ). - P. 90-96 . Archived June 6, 2011.
• Gopnik, Adam. Talk of the Town: Comment: Read All About It // The New Yorker : magazine. - Condé Nast , 2009 .-- 28 September ( vol. 85 , no. 30 ). - P. 21-22 . Archived January 9, 2010.
• Gopnik, Adam. Talk of the Town: Bright Ideas: Plant TV (Eng.) // The New Yorker : magazine. - Condé Nast , 2010 .-- March 15 ( vol. 86 , no. 4 ). - P. 23-24 .
• Gopnik, Adam. No Rules !: Is Le Fooding more than a feeling? (Eng.) // The New Yorker : magazine. - Condé Nast , 2010 .-- April 5 ( vol. 86 , no. 7 ). - P. 36-41 . Archived on April 1, 2010.
• Gopnik, Adam. The Information: How the Internet gets inside us. (Eng.) // The New Yorker : magazine. - Condé Nast , 2011 .-- February 14 ( vol. 87 , no. 1 ). - P. 124-130 .
• Gopnik, Adam. The Caging of America. (Eng.) // The New Yorker : magazine. - Condé Nast , 2012 .-- 24 January ( vol. 88 , no. 1 ).

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• Interview with Adam Gopnik