Erich Segal

Erich Segal was one of the noteworthy novelists from the United States, who used to write novels based on the romance and literature & fiction genres. Born as Erich Wolf Segal, he was very famous all over the world for his literature works. Author Segal was born on June 16, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Along with being a popular author, he was also an educator and screenwriter. Author Segal was best known for the developing the romance novel titled Love Story. This book was a bestseller, which also enabled him to work on the motion picture based on the book having the same name. Even that was a big hit all over the world. As a child, author Segal attended the Midwood High School, located in Brooklyn. Then he moved to Switzerland to undertake summer courses. Later in his academic career, author Segal joined the Harvard College and graduated as a Latin salutatorian and class poet in the year 1958. Following this, he earned his master’s degree in the year 1959 and then a doctorate in the year 1965 in the subjects of comparative literature from the Harvard University. Right after his graduation, author Segal got involved in teaching Latin and Greek literature as a professor at the Harvard University, Princeton University, and Yale University. Along with this, he was also a Supernumery and then an Honorary Fellow at the Oxford University’s Wolfson College.