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- Ferenc_Máté abstract "Ferenc Máté (born 1945 in Hungary) escaped Hungary after the revolution with his mother to Vancouver, British Columbia. He has lived in British Columbia, California, New York, Paris, and Rome, and now resides on a wine estate in Tuscany with his wife, painter and winemaker Candace Máté, and their son, Peter. For much of their first twenty years together, Máté and his wife lived on sailboats, traveling the world, photographing and occasionally publishing books and calendars on sailboats. His first book, From a Bare Hull, 1970, is still considered one of the best books on boat-building ever written. In addition to sailing books, Máté has written a memoir about adjusting to Italian life, an international bestsellerThe Hills of Tuscany, and a book-length essay on the environmental impact of the excesses of modern lifestyles, A Reasonable Life. His first novel, Ghost Sea (W. W. Norton, 2006) is the first of a series of anthropological thrillers involving an outlaw sea captain, Dugger. He is now writing the next volume, Sea of Lost Dreams, set in Tahiti. In 2007, he published A Vineyard in Tuscany, which tells the Máté's story of renovating a 13th-century house and starting a now world-renowned winery.His newest book, The Wisdom of Tuscany: Simplicity, Security and the Good Life—Making the Tuscan Lifestyle Your Own (W.W. Norton & Company; October 20, 2009) examines our chaotic, crises-driven society and offers the best alternatives based on centuries-old Tuscan tradition. Máté emphasizes the importance of small communities, independence, closeness to nature, and cuisine as important factors in a healthy and happy lifestyle.".
- Ferenc_Máté birthDate "1945".
- Ferenc_Máté birthPlace Hungary.
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- Ferenc_Máté birthDate "1945".
- Ferenc_Máté birthPlace "Hungary".
- Ferenc_Máté children "Peter Máté".
- Ferenc_Máté citizenship "Canadian".
- Ferenc_Máté dateOfBirth "1945".
- Ferenc_Máté education "University of British Columbia".
- Ferenc_Máté genre Fiction.
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- Ferenc_Máté name "Ferenc Máté".
- Ferenc_Máté name "Mate, Ferenc".
- Ferenc_Máté nationality "Canadian".
- Ferenc_Máté notableworks "From a Bare Hull, A Reasonable Life, The Hills of Tuscany".
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- Ferenc_Máté placeOfBirth "Hungary".
- Ferenc_Máté spouse "Candace Wickerson Máté".
- Ferenc_Máté subject Boat_building.
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- Ferenc_Máté website www.ferencmate.com.
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- Ferenc_Máté comment "Ferenc Máté (born 1945 in Hungary) escaped Hungary after the revolution with his mother to Vancouver, British Columbia. He has lived in British Columbia, California, New York, Paris, and Rome, and now resides on a wine estate in Tuscany with his wife, painter and winemaker Candace Máté, and their son, Peter. For much of their first twenty years together, Máté and his wife lived on sailboats, traveling the world, photographing and occasionally publishing books and calendars on sailboats.".
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