Richard C. Morais

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Richard C. Morais
Born (1960-10-25) October 25, 1960 (age 64)
Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • journalist
NationalityCanadian-American
Alma mater Sarah Lawrence College
Spouse
Susan Agar
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(m. 1983)​

Richard C. Morais (born October 25, 1960) is a Canadian-American novelist and journalist. He is the author of three books, including The Hundred-Foot Journey , which is an international bestseller and has been adapted as a film by DreamWorks.

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Early life

Morais, the youngest of four sons, was born in Lisbon, Portugal, to an American mother and Canadian father of Portuguese descent. [1] Morais spent most of his formative years in Switzerland, attending the private British school, Inter-Community School Zürich, and the American International School of Zurich. [2] His mother, a New Yorker, became a Jungian analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich.

Morais attended Sarah Lawrence College, [3] graduating in 1981. There he became a Buddhist. [4]

Career

In 1983, Morais married Susan Agar, another Sarah Lawrence College graduate then working at PBS, and they moved to Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.[ citation needed ] In 1984, Morais began working as a fact-checker and junior reporter for Forbes . In 1986 the couple moved to London so Morais could work as a Forbes European Correspondent. [5]

A Forbes cover story he wrote in 1986 about the Parisian fashion and business mogul, Pierre Cardin, led to a book contract with Bantam Press. Morais left Forbes in 1988 and moved with his wife to Paris to research the unauthorized biography, Pierre Cardin: The Man Who Became a Label, which was published in the U.K. in 1991. Morais returned to London after his book was published, to become Forbes magazine's European Correspondent, Senior European Correspondent, and, finally, European Bureau Chief. [6] By the time he moved back to America in 2003, he had written many cover stories for Forbes. Having joined Forbes in 1984, Morais left Forbes in 2009 after 25 years. [6]

In 2008, Morais' first novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey , was published by HarperCollins in India. It is based in a town called Lumière, which was based on Agari, a Swiss mountain village Morais had visited as a child.[ citation needed ] An extended version of the book was published in the U.S. in 2010 by Scribner, [7] [8] and it was named a New York Times "Editors Choice". [9] The book was adapted for film by DreamWorks Pictures and released in August 2014. [10] [11] The film was directed by Lasse Hallström and stars Dame Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, and Charlotte Le Bon. [12] [13]

In 2013, Scribner published his novel, Buddhaland Brooklyn, a work about a repressed Japanese priest who is sent to Brooklyn to open up a temple. [14]

In 2014 Morais is currently the editor at Barron’s Penta magazine, an American finance magazine's quarterly publication and website serving the information needs of wealthy families.

In 2015 Morais was awarded the Citizen Diplomat of the Year Award from the Global Ties U.S. a Washington, D.C.–based non-partisan 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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References

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  2. ↑ Moor, Sibille (22 April 2015). "Er schreibt, um eine Heimat zu finden" (PDF). Zürichsee-Zeitung Bezirk Horgen (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Lawrence Alumnus Richard Morais to Read From His Acclaimed New Novel, "The Hundred-Foot Journey," Oct. 29". www.myhometownbronxville.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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  5. ↑ "Richard C. Morais: Buddhaland Brooklyn". 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  6. 1 2 Mishan, Ligaya (2010-08-13). "Book Review - The Hundred-Foot Journey - By Richard C. Morais". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  7. ↑ "Teen Book Nook: "The Hundred-Foot Journey"". Darien Times. 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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  9. ↑ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. 2010-08-20. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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