He left behind his wife, Eleni, and children, who faced intense hardship. They have been documented in his international best-selling book, “Eleni.”īefore Gage’s birth in 1939, between World War II and the Greek civil war, Gage’s father, Christos, immigrated to Worcester, hoping to lay the groundwork for a better life for his family. Today, he chooses not to speak about his difficult early years in Greece. He is now 77 and married for many years to his wife, Joan, also a writer, with whom he has three children. This afternoon, Gage stands, and sometimes sits in his office, reflecting on his life and his work ahead. Gage has written seven books, been a highly successful investigative reporter for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, and was an executive producer and contributor to the script of the movie, “Godfather, Part III.” In what other country can that happen?”Ī lot more has happened. Twelve years later, I got an award from the president. I hadn’t seen an automobile, electric lights or an ocean,” Gage recalled. “I came to America from a remote Greek village. Kennedy stands next to a youthful Gage, who had won the Hearst Award for the best published article by a college student. Behind his cluttered desk, photos are displayed on another.

A bookshelf with ionic columns runs along one wall. North Grafton – Sunlight pours through the windows of the Nicholas Gage’s writing studio in North Grafton.

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