Literary agent Lois Wallace at the William Morris Agency then suggested he turn the script into a novel, and the result was Love Story (1970). He wrote a romantic story about a Harvard student and a Radcliffe student but failed to sell it.
In the late 1960s, Segal collaborated on other screenplays. His first academic book, Roman Laughter: The Comedy of Plautus (1968), published by the Harvard University Press, gave him considerable recognition and chronicled the great Roman comic playwright who inspired the Broadway hit A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962). In 1967, through connections on Broadway, Segal was given the opportunity to collaborate on the screenplay for the Beatles' 1968 motion picture Yellow Submarine, based on a story by Lee Minoff. He attended Harvard College, graduating as both the class poet and Latin salutatorian in 1958, and then obtained his master's degree (in 1959) and a doctorate (in 1965) in comparative literature from Harvard University, after which he started teaching at Yale.
His coach advised him to jog as a part of his rehabilitation, which ended up becoming his passion and caused him to participate in the Boston Marathon more than 12 times. He went to Midwood High School, during which he suffered a serious accident while canoeing. His interest in writing and narrating stories developed as a child. His father was a rabbi and his mother was a homemaker. This is their story - a story of two young people and a love so uncompromising it will bring joy to your heart and tears to your eyes.Karen Marianne James (1975–2010 his death 2 children)Įrich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story (1970) and its hit film adaptation.īorn and raised in a Jewish household in Brooklyn, New York, Segal was the first of three brothers. Their attraction to each other is immediate and powerful, and together they share a love that defies everything. Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny are kindred spirits from vastly different worlds. This is the story of Oliver Barrett IV, a rich jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law, and Jenny Cavilleri, a wisecracking working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe.
It is the story that told the world, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." It has sold more than 21 million copies worldwide and became a blockbuster film starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw. The iconic tale of love and loss that has touched the hearts of millions, Love Story has become one of the most adored novels of our time. "Funny, touching and infused with wonder, as all love stories should be." ( San Francisco Examiner )
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