Michael Pollan
Дата рождения: February 6, 1955 – Long Island, New York, USA
Michael Pollan is an American author and journalist known for his influential books on food, agriculture, and psychoactive plants, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food, The Botany of Desire, and How to Change Your Mind. A longtime New York Times Magazine contributor, Pollan’s works have won major awards and achieved bestseller status worldwide.
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Michael Pollan, born in 1955 on Long Island to a family of writers, emerged as one of the most influential voices on food, nature, and society in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The son of author Stephen Pollan and columnist Corky Pollan, Michael grew up immersed in language and storytelling. He studied English at Bennington College and Mansfield College, Oxford, before earning an M.A. from Columbia University, which laid the foundation for his lucid, probing prose.
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"Michael Pollan has been called one of the most influential writers on food and agriculture of our time"
— Time Magazine
"Michael Pollan was named by Time magazine as one of the one hundred most influential people in the world"
— Time Magazine
"Michael Pollan's ‘Cooked’ explores how cooks mediate between nature and culture and was adapted into a Netflix documentary series"
— Wikipedia
"Michael Pollan’s ‘The Omnivore’s Dilemma’ was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times"
— The New York Times
"Michael Pollan is known for his bestselling books such as 'How to Change Your Mind', 'Cooked', and 'The Omnivore’s Dilemma"
— Goodreads
"Michael Pollan teaches writing at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley"
— Barnes & Noble
"Michael Pollan is a longtime contributor to The New York Times Magazine and a bestselling author whose work explores where nature and culture intersect"
— Barnes & Noble
"Michael Pollan leads the way in the Netflix docuseries 'How to Change Your Mind' exploring the history and uses of psychedelics"
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"Michael Pollan’s 'The Botany of Desire' was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association"
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