May 11, at am 2 comments. Gary Lee Kraut is an American writer and travel specialist who has lived in Paris since he is the author of five travel guides, as well as numerous articles, essays, short stories, and op-ed pieces concerning travel, culture, cross-culture, and expatriate life. He is also the founder and editor of an award-winning online magazine, France Revisited.
In addition to his work as a writer, Gary creates and leads customized tours of Paris and various other parts of France. Emanuel on the occasion of his 90 th birthday. I am very pleased that he recently took the time to answer my questions about his work as a writer, editor, and travel guide via e-mail.
JH: When and why did you first come to France? And why did you decide to stay here? GLK: I traveled in France several times in the s and s. In I left my job as a cub reporter for weekly newspapers in suburban New York City for a prolonged stay in Paris.
I was visiting my sister, who was on a work assignment here. I sent a proposal, got the contract, and one thing led to the next as I made Paris my home base and became a writer and journalist specialized on travel, touring, and culture in France.
You also give lectures when in the U. How do all these different activities fit together? And what do you like best about each of these quite different types of roles—some rather solitary, the others by definition social? It may seem that I wear many different hats, something that the French system and the French themselves find unusual and confusing, even disturbing, but in fact all of my work fits comfortably for me under the umbrella of an expertise about France.
