Michael Korda

Michael Vincent Korda (* 8. October 1933 in London , United Kingdom ) is a British writer and publisher of Hungarian origin. From 1958 to 2006, Korda worked for the Simon & Schuster publishing house in New York City .

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Michael Korda grew up in Great Britain and France. He was at the Swiss boarding school Le Rosey taught and studied at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford . From 1952 to 1954 he did his military service in the Royal Air Force .

In the 1950s he moved to New York City, where he initially worked as an assistant to the playwright Sidney Kingsley . From 1958 he worked as an editor at the Simon & Schuster publishing house. Later he was promoted to editor in chief of the publishing house. In the following years he edited works by Richard Nixon , Ronald Reagan , Larry McMurtry and David McCullough . In 2006 he officially ended his work for Simon & Schuster, but stayed with the company as editor in chief emeritus .

1985 appeared Queenie , a roman à clef about his aunt Merle Oberon . The book received mostly positive reviews and was later filmed as a TV miniseries with Joss Ackland , Martin Balsam , Kirk Douglas and Mia Sara .

In the fall of 1994 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Three years later he published the book From Man to Man , in which he shared his experiences with the disease.

In 2007 he published a biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower with Ike: An American Hero . Two years later With Wings Like Eagles - A History of the Battle of Britain , a report on the Battle of Britain .

family

Korda is the son of British actress Gertrude Musgrove and Hungarian film architect Vincent Korda . Korda is the nephew of the film director Zoltan Korda and the film producer and director Alexander Korda .

In 1958 he married Carolyn Keese. After the divorce he married Margaret Mogford , with whom he later published books. The son Chris Korda , born in 1962 , a gender activist and musician as well as the leader of the controversial religious community Church of Euthanasia, arose from the first marriage . After founding the Church of Euthanasia, Korda unsuccessfully urged his son to stop his activities or to take a pseudonym.

Works (selection)

• With Wings Like Eagles - A History of the Battle of Britain . Harper, 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-112535-5 .
• Ike: To American Hero . HarperCollins, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-075665-9 .
• Man to man . Limes Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-8090-3006-6 .
• The immoderate . ECON-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1993, ISBN 3-430-15611-4 .
• Queenie . Blanvalet, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7645-1734-4 .
• And always only the finest: the turbulent life of the Kordas . Piper Verlag, Munich / Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-492-02576-5 .
• The M-Factor, or How to Assert yourself with Success: Methods and Techniques of a New Machiavelli . Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-570-00801-0 .
• Power and how to deal with it . Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-570-02720-1 .
• Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia. Harper, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-171261-6 .

Web links

• Michael Korda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Michael Korda in the catalog of the German National Library
• Video of an interview with Michael Korda (2007)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Michael Korda in the Notable Names Database (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ex-Time Editor to Help Lead Book Publisher on nytimes.com , accessed July 2, 2010.
3. ↑ Longtime Simon & Schuster Editor to Step Down - Article www.washingtonpost.com , accessed June 2, 2010.
4. ^ New York Magazine April 1, 1985 , accessed July 2, 2010.
5. ^ Queenie at imdb.com, accessed July 2, 2010.
6. ^ ^{A b} Europa Publications: International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 . Europa Pubn, 2004, ISBN 1-85743-179-0 , p. 306.
7. ^ New York Magazine, May 13, 1996 , accessed July 2, 2010.