Michael Olmert

Michael Olmert

Michael Olmert is a professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park and a writer.[1] His specialty is British Literature. He has a Ph.D. from Maryland in medieval English literature.[1]

He has written over 90 television documentaries, two plays, and two books. He has been awarded 3 Emmy Awards for his work on the Discovery Channel. In 2002, he received one for writing Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special. In 2003, he won for Walking With Prehistoric Beasts. His third award came in 2006 for Before the Dinosaurs.[1]

Olmert's two plays are entitled Shakespeare and Lopez and Great Creating Nature. The two books he has published are Milton's Teeth and Ovid's Umbrella (1996) and The Smithsonian Book of Books (1992).

He was inducted into the University of Maryland Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]

He currently lives in Wittman, MD.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "English's Olmert Wins Third Emmy". University of Maryland: Office of University Communications. 2006-08-22. http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/culture/release.cfm?ArticleID=1317. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 

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