Joan mellen biography

Joan Mellen is a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Joan Mellen has written more than twenty books on subjects ranging from history and true crime to biography and sports.
Joan Mellen is the author of seventeen books, ranging from film criticism to fiction, sports, true crime, Latin American studies and biography.

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Joan Mellen, Author and Professor, Temple University

JOAN MELLEN is a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. She is the author of twenty-four books, ranging from film criticism to fiction, sports, true crime, Latin American studies and biography. Her early work was about the cinema. Her “Women and Their Sexuality in the New Film” published in 1974, was a landmark work in feminist studies. Larry McMurtry pronounced it “brilliant” in his “Washington Post” review. Her study of the image of women in film was followed by the companion study, “Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in the American Cinema.” Her book about “The Battle of Algiers,” written in 1972, has been quoted widely in connection with the events of 9/11.

In 1972, she was awarded a prize by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper organization in Japan. This led her to write five books about Japan, including “The Waves at Genji’s Door: Japan through Its Cinema,” 1976. Her 1981 novel, “Natural Tendencies,” is set in Japan. More recently, she has written two books abo

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JOAN MELLEN is a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. She is the author of seventeen books, ranging from film criticism to fiction, sports, true crime, Latin American studies and biography. Her early work was about the cinema. Her "Women and Their Sexuality in the New Film," published in 1974, was a landmark work in feminist studies. Larry McMurtry pronounced it "brilliant" in his "Washington Times" review. Her study of the image of women in film was followed by the companion study, "Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in the American Cinema." Her book about "The Battle of Algiers," written in 1972, has been quoted widely in connection with the events of 9/11.

In 1972, she was awarded a prize by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper organization in Japan. This led her to write five books about Japan, including "The Waves at Genji's Door: Japan through Its Cinema," 1976. Her 1981 novel, "Natural Tendencies," is set in Japan. More recently, she has written two books about Japanese film

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Joan Mellen is the bestselling author of twenty books, including The Great Game in Cuba, published by Skyhorse in 2013. She has written for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Baltimore Sun. Mellen is a professor of English and show more creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.show less

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"Seven Samurai" by Joan Mellen first published in 2002 by the British Film Institute with this edition first published in 2022 by Bloomsbury for the British Film Institute with new cover artwork by Yuko Shimizu and a new Afterword to the 2022 edition by the author. Professor Joan Mellen is a trailblazing, award winning educator and author with over 50 years teaching at Temple University in Philadelphia. In 1972, she won a prize by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper organization for her writing show more which enabled her to travel to Japan where she would personally both interview A