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Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is an American private Ivy League research university located in New York City, New York, United States. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. Today the university operates seven Columbia Global Centers overseas in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris, Mumbai, Santiago and Nairobi.
The university was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of George II of Great Britain. After the American Revolutionary War, King's College briefly became a state entity, and was renamed Columbia College in 1784. The University now operates under a 1787 charter that places the institution under a private board of trustees, and in 1896 it was further renamed Columbia University. That same year, the university's campus was moved from Madison Avenue to its location in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, where it occupies more than six city blocks, or 32 acres (0.13 km2). The university encompasses twenty schools and is affiliated with numerous institutions, including Teachers College, Barnard College, and the Union Theological Seminary, with joint undergraduate programs available through the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as well as the Juilliard School.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country. Harvard's history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Harvard was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. Although never formally affiliated with a church, the college primarily trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy. Harvard's curriculum and students became secular throughout the 18th century and by the 19th century had emerged as the central cultural establishment among Boston elites. Following the American Civil War, President Charles W. Eliot's forty year tenure (1869–1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a centralized research university, and Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900.James Bryant Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II and began to reform the curriculum and liberalize admissions after the war. The undergraduate college became coeducational after its 1977 merger with Radcliffe College. Drew Gilpin Faust was elected the 28th president in 2007 and is the first woman to lead the university. Harvard has the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world, standing at $32 billion as of September 2011.
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William L. Laurence
William Leonard Laurence (March 7, 1888 – March 19, 1977) was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American journalist known for his science journalism writing of the 1940s and 1950s while working for the New York Times. He received two Pulitzer Prizes, and as the official historian of the Manhattan Project was the only journalist to witness the Trinity test and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He is credited with coining the iconic phrase "Atomic Age" which became popular in the 1950s.
Laurence was born in Salantai, then part of Russia though now in Lithuania, and emigrated to the United States in 1905 after participating in the Russian Revolution of 1905. His name was originally Leib Wolf Siew, but he changed it after immigrating, taking "William" after William Shakespeare, "Leonard" after Leonardo da Vinci, and "Lawrence" after a street he lived on in Roxbury, Massachusetts (he changed the "w" to a "u" in reference to Friedrich Schiller's Laura). He attended college at Harvard University, Harvard Law School, and Boston University, and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1913. During World War I, he served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and in 1919 attended the University of Besançon in France.
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William Laurence
William Leonard Laurence (March 7, 1888 – March 19, 1977) was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American journalist known for his science journalism writing of the 1940s and 1950s while working for the New York Times. He received two Pulitzer Prizes, and as the official historian of the Manhattan Project was the only journalist to witness the Trinity test and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He is credited with coining the iconic phrase "Atomic Age" which became popular in the 1950s.
Laurence was born in Salantai, then part of Russia though now in Lithuania, and emigrated to the United States in 1905 after participating in the Russian Revolution of 1905. His name was originally Leib Wolf Siew, but he changed it after immigrating, taking "William" after William Shakespeare, "Leonard" after Leonardo da Vinci, and "Lawrence" after a street he lived on in Roxbury, Massachusetts (he changed the "w" to a "u" in reference to Friedrich Schiller's Laura). He attended college at Harvard University, Harvard Law School, and Boston University, and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1913. During World War I, he served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and in 1919 attended the University of Besançon in France.
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Ann Marie Lipinski
Ann Marie Lipinski (born January 1956) is a journalist and the curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. She is the former editor of the Chicago Tribune and Vice President for Civic Engagement at the University of Chicago. She also currently sits on the advisory board of the Chicago News Cooperative.
Lipinski was raised in Trenton, Michigan, and edited Trenton High School's school paper in her senior year. She graduated from Trenton High in 1974 and was voted "most ambitious."
Lipinski attended University of Michigan and worked on the school's newspaper, the Michigan Daily. In the summer of 1977, between her junior and senior years, Lipinski interned at the Miami Herald, and then co-edited the Michigan Daily her senior year. Lipinski left University of Michigan several credits short of her degree but was awarded a bachelor's degree in 1994 after the university deemed her internships worthy of the needed credits.
Lipinski joined the Chicago Tribune as an editorial intern in the summer of 1978.
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Anthony Shadid
Anthony Shadid (September 26, 1968 – February 16, 2012) was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Baghdad and Beirut. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting twice, in 2004 and 2010.
From 2003 to 2009 Shadid was a staff writer for The Washington Post where he was an Islamic affairs correspondent based in the Middle East. Before The Washington Post, Shadid worked as Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press based in Cairo and as news editor of the AP bureau in Los Angeles. He spent two years covering diplomacy and the State Department for The Boston Globe before joining the Post's foreign desk.
In 2002, he was shot in the shoulder by what he believed to be an Israel sniper in Ramallah while reporting for the Boston Globe in the West Bank.
On March 16, 2011, Shadid and three colleagues were reported missing in Eastern Libya, having gone there to report on the uprising against the dictatorship of Col. Muammar Al-Ghaddafi. On March 18, 2011, The New York Times reported that Libya agreed to free him and three colleagues: Stephen Farrell, Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks. The Libyan government released the four journalists on March 21, 2011.
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Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer, and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the Modernist school of poetry. He received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.
MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois. His father, Scottish-born Andrew MacLeish, worked as a dry goods merchant. His mother, Martha (née Hillard), was a college professor and had served as president of Rockford College. He grew up on an estate bordering Lake Michigan. He attended the Hotchkiss School from 1907 to 1911 before entering Yale University, where he majored in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was selected for the Skull and Bones society. He then enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. In 1916, he married Ada Hitchcock. His studies were interrupted by World War I, in which he served first as an ambulance driver and later as a captain of artillery. He graduated from law school in 1919, taught law for a semester for the government department at Harvard, then worked briefly as an editor for The New Republic. He next spent three years practicing law.
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Barbara W. Tuchman
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (/ˈtʌkmən/; January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She became widely known first for The Guns of August (later August 1914), a best-selling history of the prelude to and the first month of World War I, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1963.
Tuchman focused on writing popular history. Her clear, dramatic storytelling covered topics as diverse as the 14th century and World War I, and sold millions of copies.
Tuchman was the daughter of the banker Maurice Wertheim. She was a first cousin of New York district attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, a niece of Henry Morgenthau, Jr. and granddaughter of Henry Morgenthau Sr., Woodrow Wilson's Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Radcliffe College in 1933.
She married Lester R. Tuchman, an internist, medical researcher and professor of clinical medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in 1939; they had three daughters (one of whom is Jessica Mathews).
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Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He was the recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and another for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."
Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois, to parents of Swedish ancestry. At the age of thirteen he left school and began driving a milk wagon. From the age of about fourteen until he was seventeen or eighteen, he worked as a porter at the Union Hotel barbershop in Galesburg. After that he was on the milk route again for 18 months. He then became a bricklayer and a farm laborer on the wheat plains of Kansas. After an interval spent at Lombard College in Galesburg, he became a hotel servant in Denver, then a coal-heaver in Omaha. He began his writing career as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News. Later he wrote poetry, history, biographies, novels, children's literature, and film reviews. Sandburg also collected and edited books of ballads and folklore. He spent most of his life in the Midwest before moving to North Carolina.
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Carol Guzy
Carol Guzy (born March 7, 1956 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a four-time Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post photographer.
Guzy grew up in a working-class family in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
She graduated with an associate's degree in nursing in 1978 from Northampton Community College and planned to work as a nurse until a friend gave her a camera. In 1980, she earned an associate's degree in applied science in photography from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Afterward, she became an intern, and then a photographer, at the Miami Herald. She married United Press International photographer Jonathan Utz in 1988. In 1988, she moved to The Washington Post, following her husband to a job in Washington, D.C. They divorced in 1998.
In 1990, Guzy was the first woman to receive the Newspaper Photographer of the Year Award, presented by the National Press Photographers Association.
She was detained by police and arrested on April 15, 2000 as a part of the IMF World Bank detentions. The same year, she was awarded the Northampton Community College Alumni Association's Professional Achievement Award. Upon receiving it, Guzy said, "The nursing program gave me more than a degree. It helped me gain an understanding of human suffering and an incredible sensitivity to it. I know that without this background, my photography would have a totally different edge."
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Danielle Allen
Danielle S. Allen (born 1971) is an American classicist and political scientist, and UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study.
She graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Classics in 1993, from Cambridge University with a Ph.D. in Classics in 1996, and from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in Government in 2001. She taught at University of Chicago, and was Dean of the Division of Humanities from 2004 to 2007. She organized The Dewey Seminar: Education, Schools and the State, with Robert Reich. She currently serves as a trustee of Princeton University.
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David McCullough
David Gaub McCullough (pronounced /məˈkʌlə/; born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968); and he has since written eight more on such topics as Harry S Truman, John Adams, and the Brooklyn Bridge. McCullough has also narrated multiple documentaries, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit; and he hosted American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted by HBO into a TV film and a mini-series, respectively. McCullough's most recent work, The Greater Journey, about Americans in Paris from the 1830s to the 1900s, was released on May 24, 2011.
McCullough was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Ruth (née Rankin) and Christian Hax McCullough. He is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was educated at Linden Avenue Grade School and Shady Side Academy, in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of four sons, McCullough had a "marvelous" childhood with a wide range of interests, including sports and drawing cartoons. McCullough's parents and his grandmother, who read to him often, introduced him to books at an early age. His parents talked openly about history, a topic he feels should be discussed more often. McCullough "loved school, every day"; he contemplated many career choices ranging from architect, actor, painter, writer, lawyer, and even attending medical school.
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Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III (
/ˈɔːlbiː/ AWL-bee; born March 12, 1928) is an American playwright who is best known for The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), and a rewrite of the book for the unsuccessful musical version of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966). His works are considered well-crafted, often unsympathetic examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Jean Genet. Younger American playwrights, such as Paula Vogel, credit Albee's daring mix of theatricalism and biting dialogue with helping to reinvent the post-war American theatre in the early 1960s. Albee continues to experiment in new works, such as The Goat: or, Who Is Sylvia? (2002).
According to Magill's Survey of American Literature (2007), Edward Albee was born somewhere in Virginia (the popular belief is that he was born in Washington, D.C.). He was adopted two weeks later and taken to Larchmont, New York in Westchester County, where he grew up. Albee's adoptive father, Reed A. Albee, the wealthy son of vaudeville magnate Edward Franklin Albee II, owned several theaters. Here the young Edward first gained familiarity with the theatre as a child. His adoptive mother, Reed's third wife, Frances tried to raise Albee to fit into their social circles.
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Edward O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants.
Wilson is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. He is known for his scientific career, his role as "the father of sociobiology", his environmental advocacy, and his secular-humanist and deist ideas pertaining to religious and ethical matters.
As of 2007, he is Pellegrino University Research Professor in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is a Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism.
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Elliot Carter
Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (born December 11, 1908) is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, and then returned to the United States. After a neoclassical phase, he went on to write atonal, rhythmically complex music. His compositions, which have been performed all over the world, include orchestral and chamber music as well as solo instrumental and vocal works.
He has been extremely productive in his later years, publishing more than 40 works between the ages of 90 and 100, and over 14 more since he turned 100 in 2008.
Carter's father, Elliott Carter Sr., was a businessman and his mother was the former Florence Chambers. The family was well-to-do. As a teenager, he developed an interest in music and was encouraged in this regard by the composer Charles Ives (who sold insurance to his family). In 1924, a galvanized 15-year-old Carter was in the audience when Pierre Monteux conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the New York première of The Rite of Spring, according to a 2008 report. Carter was again in attendance (see below) at Carnegie Hall, on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2008, when the orchestra, now under the baton of James Levine, again performed the Stravinsky piece as part of its tribute to Carter. Although Carter majored in English at Harvard College, he also studied music there and at the nearby Longy School of Music. His professors included Walter Piston and Gustav Holst. He sang with the Harvard Glee Club. He did graduate work in music at Harvard, from which he received a Master's degree in music in 1932. He then went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger (as did many other American composers). Carter worked with Mlle Boulanger from 1932–35 and in 1935 he received a doctorate in music (D Mus) from the Ecole Normale in Paris. Later in 1935, he returned to the US where he wrote music for the Ballet Caravan.
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Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. His plays were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. O'Neill wrote only one well-known comedy (Ah, Wilderness!). Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism.
O'Neill was born in a Broadway hotel room in Longacre Square (now Times Square), in the Barrett Hotel. The site is now a Starbucks (1500 Broadway, Northeast corner of 43rd & Broadway). A commemorative plaque is posted on the outside wall with the inscription "Eugene O'Neill, October 16, 1888 ~ November 27, 1953 America's greatest playwright was born on this site then called Barrett Hotel, Presented by Circle in the Square."
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Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten (born October 2, 1951 in New York) is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for both his serious and humorous work. Weingarten's column, Below the Beltway, is published weekly in the Washington Post Magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group, which also syndicates Barney & Clyde, a comic strip he co-authors.
Weingarten grew up in the West Bronx, the son of an IRS agent and a schoolteacher. His first newspaper job was with the Albany (N.Y.) Knickerbocker News, an afternoon daily that is now defunct. From there he went to The Detroit Free Press, and later The National Law Journal. From 1985 to 1990 he served as the editor of the Miami Herald's Sunday magazine, Tropic, during which time he hired Dave Barry, giving one of America's best known humor columnists his big break. Tropic won two Pulitzer Prizes, including Barry's, during Weingarten's tenure.
Weingarten was a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University in 1987-1988.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti (pronounced [dʒan ˈkarlo meˈnɔtːi]) (July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-American composer and librettist. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship. He wrote the classic Christmas opera, Amahl and the Night Visitors, among about two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste. He won the Pulitzer Prize for two of them: The Consul (1950) and The Saint of Bleecker Street (1955). He founded the noted Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of the Two Worlds) in 1958 and its American counterpart, Spoleto Festival USA, in 1977. In 1986 he commenced a Melbourne Spoleto Festival in Australia, but he withdrew after three years.
Born in Cadegliano-Viconago, Italy, near Lake Maggiore and the Swiss border, Menotti was the sixth of eight children of Alfonso and Ines Menotti, his father being a coffee merchant. Menotti began writing songs when he was seven years old, and at eleven wrote both the libretto and music for his first opera, The Death of Pierrot. He began his formal musical training at the Milan Conservatory in 1923.
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Gregory L. Moore
Gregory L. Moore has been the editor of the Denver Post since June, 2002. Previously, he had been managing editor of The Boston Globe since 1994. In his first week on the job, he managed one of the biggest breaking news stories to occur in Colorado, an arsonist's wildfire, dubbed "the Hayman"; a conflagration that eventually took six weeks to extinguish, destroying 132 homes and 138,000 acres (560 km2) of drought-ravaged forest.
Moore has been in the newspaper business for 30 years, beginning his career in 1976 at the Journal-Herald in Dayton, Ohio, where he worked as a reporter covering crime, education, politics and government.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Moore spent six years at The Plain Dealer, where he began his editing career, first as state political editor in 1982 and later as day city editor.
In April, 1986, he joined the Boston Globe, where he started as a senior editor in charge of criminal justice and courts coverage. A year later, he was named city editor and in 1989 he became the assistant managing editor for local news, responsible for coverage of Boston, the suburbs and the five other New England states. In 1991, he was promoted to deputy managing editor, and was named managing editor in 1994. He supervised the newspaper's coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks, an abortion-clinic shooting rampage, the racially charged Charles Stuart murder case and Nelson Mandela's visit to Boston.
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Horst Faas
Horst Faas (28 April 1933 – 10 May 2012) was a German photo-journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is best-known for his images of the Vietnam War.
Born in Berlin, Germany, Faas began his photographic career in 1951 with the Keystone Agency, and by the age of 21 he was already covering major events concerning Indochina, including the peace negotiations in Geneva in 1954. In 1956 he joined the Associated Press (AP), where he acquired a reputation for being an unflinching hard-news war photographer, covering the wars in Vietnam and Laos, as well as in the Congo and Algeria. In 1962, he became AP’s chief photographer for Southeast Asia, and was based in Saigon until 1974. His images of the Vietnam War won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1965. In 1967 he was severely wounded in the legs by an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade) and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. In 1972, he collected a second Pulitzer, for his coverage of the conflict in Bangladesh.
Faas is also famed for his work as a picture editor, and was instrumental in ensuring the publication of two of the most famous images of the Vietnam War. The notorious "Saigon Execution" photograph, showing the summary execution of a Vietcong prisoner by Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan, taken by Eddie Adams in Saigon on February 1, 1968 was sent under his direction. Nick Ut's famous "Napalm Girl" photograph caused a huge controversy over at the AP bureau; an editor had objected to the photo, saying that the girl depicted was naked and that nobody would accept it. Faas ordered that Ut's photo be sent over the wire.
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Janet Cooke
Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954, in Toledo, Ohio) is an American former journalist who became infamous when it was discovered that a Pulitzer Prize–winning story that she had written for The Washington Post had been fabricated.
In 1980, Cooke joined the "Weeklies" section staff of the Washington Post under editor Vivian Aplin-Brownlee. Cooke falsely claimed she had a degree from Vassar College, a master's degree from the University of Toledo, and had received a journalism award while at the Toledo Blade. While Cooke had attended Vassar for a year, she had only received a bachelor's degree from Toledo.
In an article titled "Jimmy's World", which appeared in the Post on September 28, 1980, Cooke wrote a gripping profile of the life of an 8-year-old heroin addict. She described the "needle marks freckling the baby-smooth skin of his thin, brown arms." The story engendered much sympathy among readers, including Marion Barry, then mayor of Washington, D.C. He and other city officials organized an all-out police search for the boy, which was unsuccessful and led to claims that the story was fraudulent. Barry, responding to public pressure, lied and claimed that Jimmy was known to the city and receiving treatment; he was announced dead shortly after.
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Jim Amoss
Jim Amoss is editor of The Times-Picayune. Under the leadership of him and the Publisher, Ashton Phelps Jr., the paper won two Pulitzer Prizes in 1997 for public service and editorial cartooning, and in 2006 won two more Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Amoss graduated magna cum laude from Yale University (1969) and studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
In 2006 Amoss received the 2005 Henri Nannen Prize for his editorial work on The Times-Picayune.
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Jim VandeHei
James "Jim" VandeHei (born 1971) is the executive editor and co-founder of Politico. Previously, he was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked as White House correspondent.
VandeHei graduated from Lourdes High School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1989. In 1995, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh with a double major in journalism and political science. While an undergraduate, he served an internship with Democratic Senator Herb Kohl in 1994, which led to his decision to be a political journalist.
After working as a sports reporter for the Oshkosh Northwestern, VandeHei moved to Washington, D.C. In 1995 he worked for Inside Washington Publishers. In 1996, he was hired by "Inside the New Congress", a weekly newsletter that focuses on the House and Senate. In 1997, he began working as a reporter for Roll Call, which covers Capitol Hill. While at Roll Call, VandeHei broke the story of House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston's affairs in 1998. He was the first to report in 1998 that Republicans were formally planning to impeach President Clinton. He is married to Autumn Hanna VandeHei, a former staffer for House Republican Leader Tom DeLay of Texas. They have two children, Sophie and James, and reside in Falls Church, Virginia.
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John Updike
John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
Updike's most famous work is his Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom series (the novels Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and the novella "Rabbit Remembered"), which chronicles Rabbit's life over the course of several decades, from young adulthood to his death. Both Rabbit Is Rich (1981) and Rabbit At Rest (1990) received the Pulitzer Prize. Updike is one of only three authors (the others were Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner) to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once. He published more than twenty novels and more than a dozen short story collections, as well as poetry, art criticism, literary criticism and children's books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems appeared in The New Yorker, starting in 1954. He also wrote regularly for The New York Review of Books.
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Junot Díaz
Junot Díaz (born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican-American writer, creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and fiction editor at Boston Review. Central to Díaz's work is the immigrant experience. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, in 2008.
Díaz was born in Villa Juana, a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was the third child in a family of five. Throughout most of his early childhood, he lived with his mother and grandparents while his father worked in the United States. Díaz emigrated to Parlin, New Jersey in December 1974, where he was re-united with his father. There he lived less than a mile from what he has described as "one of the largest landfills in New Jersey".
He attended Madison Park Elementary and was a voracious reader, often walking four miles in order to borrow books from his public library. At this time Díaz became fascinated with apocalyptic films and books, especially the work of John Christopher, the original Planet of the Apes films, and the BBC mini-series Edge of Darkness. Díaz graduated from Cedar Ridge High School (now merged to form Old Bridge High School) in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey in 1987. Though he would not begin to write formally until years later, Díaz was introduced to writing during this time in the form of composing twenty to thirty page letters to his brother, who was hospitalized with Leukemia for long stretches of their childhood.
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L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
Leo Brent Bozell, Jr. (January 15, 1926 – April 15, 1997) was an American conservative activist and Catholic writer.
His father was Leo B. Bozell the co-founder of Bozell Worldwide. His wife was Patricia Lee Buckley, sister of William F. Buckley, and their 10 children include L. Brent Bozell III, also a conservative activist and the founder and president of Media Research Center, a conservative media watchdog group and publisher. Another son, Michael Bozell, is a Benedictine monk in Solesmes Abbey. The Bozell family grew to 48 grandchildren and a great grandchild by the time Bozell died. His godson was novelist Tristan Egolf.
Bozell attended Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Nebraska. Bozell was the state American Legion Oratorical Contest Champion of Nebraska in 1943 and 1944, winning the national title in 1944. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marine in the Pacific during World War II. Bozell resolved to convert to Catholicism in 1946 but after his father's death that same year he deferred his decision until 1947 so as not to upset his family.
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Lee Bollinger
Lee Carroll Bollinger (born April 30, 1946) is an American lawyer and educator who is currently serving as the 19th president of Columbia University. Formerly the president of the University of Michigan, he is a noted legal scholar of the First Amendment and freedom of speech. He was at the center of two notable United States Supreme Court cases regarding the use of affirmative action in admissions processes. In July, 2010 Bollinger was appointed Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York board of directors for 2011. Previously, he had served as Deputy Chair.
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Margaret Leech
Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and historian, who won two Pulitzer Prizes in history, for her books Reveille in Washington (1942) and In the Days of McKinley (1960).
She was born in Newburgh, New York, obtained a B.A. from Vassar College in 1915, and worked for fund-raising organizations during World War I, including the American Committee for Devastated France.
She started her writing career for the Condé Nast publishing company before World War I. Leech also worked in advertising and publicity. After the war, she became friendly with members of the Algonquin Round Table, including critic-raconteur Alexander Woollcott. She was an associate of some of the wittiest and most brilliant men and women of literature that spent time at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan.
In 1928 she married Ralph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World. (His father, Joseph Pulitzer, had established the Pulitzer Prize via a bequest to Columbia University.) They had one daughter, Susan.
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Mike Luckovich
Michael Edward Luckovich (born January 28, 1960,) is an editorial cartoonist who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1989. He is syndicated nationally to about 150 newspapers (as of October 2005[update]), through Creators Syndicate and is the 2006 winner of the Reuben, the National Cartoonists Society's top award for cartoonist of the year.
He was born in Seattle, Washington, attended Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho before transferring to Sheldon High School in Eugene, Oregon and graduated in 1982 from the University of Washington with a degree in political science. For two years after graduation, Luckovich sold cartoons on a freelance basis to the Everett, Washington newspaper while working as an insurance salesman.
Luckovich began his career with The Greenville News in South Carolina in 1984, and moved to the New Orleans Times-Picayune later that year.
In 2000, Luckovich started his comic-strip "SuperZeros", about a pair of dim-witted superheros. It was distributed by Tribune Media Service and lasted a year.
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Nicholas Lemann
Nicholas Berthelot Lemann is dean and Henry R. Luce professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
Lemann is from New Orleans and he graduated from Harvard University in 1976, but has never attended a school of journalism. He is a journalist, editor, and author of several books on 20th century United States history. He has also been:
Lemann is a member of the Council on the Future of Media. This council is "championing a new global, independent news and information service whose role is to inform, educate and improve the state of the world- one that would take advantage of all platforms of content delivery from mobile to satellite and online to create a new global network."
Lemann has been married twice. His first wife was Dominique Alice Browning, who later became an editor in chief of House & Garden; they married on 20 May 1983, have two sons, Alexander and Theodore, and later divorced. His second wife is Judith Anne Shulevitz, who was a columnist for Slate and The New York Times Book Review; married on November 7, 1999, they have a son and a daughter. His sister is Nancy Lemann, a novelist. He is a practicing Jew.
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Norman Mailer
Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.
Along with Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, John McPhee, and Tom Wolfe, Mailer is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism, which superimposes the style and devices of literary fiction onto fact-based journalism. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize twice and the National Book Award once. In 1955, Mailer, together with John Wilcock, Ed Fancher and Dan Wolf, first published The Village Voice, which began as an arts and politics oriented weekly newspaper distributed in Greenwich Village. In 2005, he received the lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.
In 1992, Mailer received the annual Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award presented by the Tulsa Library Trust.
Norman Kingsley Mailer was born to a well-known Jewish family in Long Branch. His father, Isaac Barnett Mailer, was a South African-born accountant, and his mother, Fanny Schneider, ran a housekeeping and nursing agency. Mailer's sister, Barbara, was born in 1927. His second sister, Norma, was born in 1930. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Boys' High School and entered Harvard University in 1939, where he studied aeronautical engineering. At Harvard, he became interested in writing and published his first story at the age of 18, winning Story magazine's college contest in 1941. As an undergraduate, he was a member of The Signet Society. After graduating in 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. In World War II, he served in the Philippines with the 112th Cavalry. He was not involved in much combat and completed his service as a cook, but the experience provided enough material for The Naked and the Dead.
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Paul Tash
Paul C. Tash (born circa 1954) is the editor of the St. Petersburg Times. He is married to Karyn Tash. He serves as chairman and CEO of the paper's parent Times Publishing Company, which used to publish Congressional Quarterly -- a publication that was sold to the Economist Group in 2009. He attended the University of Edinburgh on a Marshall Scholarship. In 2006 he was made a member of the Pulitzer Prize board.
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Robert Caro
Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his celebrated biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
After working for many years as a reporter, Caro wrote The Power Broker (1974), a biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses, which was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century. He has since written four of a planned five volumes of The Years of Lyndon Johnson (1982, 1990, 2002, 2012), a biography of the former president.
For his biographies, he has won two Pulitzer Prizes in Biography, the National Book Award, the Francis Parkman Prize (awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that "best exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist") two National Book Critics Circle Awards, the H.L. Mencken Award, the Carr P. Collins Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, and an Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Art and Letters.
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Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of his generation, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California, to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie. His mother was of Scottish descent, and his father descended from Nicholas Frost of Tiverton, Devon, England, who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634 on the Wolfrana.[citation needed]
Frost's father was a teacher and later an editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin (which later merged with the San Francisco Examiner), and an unsuccessful candidate for city tax collector. After his death on May 5, 1885, the family moved across the country to Lawrence, Massachusetts, under the patronage of (Robert's grandfather) William Frost, Sr., who was an overseer at a New England mill. Frost graduated from Lawrence High School in 1892. Frost's mother joined the Swedenborgian church and had him baptized in it, but he left it as an adult.
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Robert Lowell
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet, considered to be one of the founders of the confessional poetry movement. He was appointed the sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress where he served from 1947 until 1948. He won the Pulitzer Prize in both 1947 and 1974, the National Book Award in 1960, and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977.
Lowell was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a Boston Brahmin family that included poets Amy Lowell and James Russell Lowell. His mother, Charlotte Winslow, was a descendant of William Samuel Johnson, a signer of the United States Constitution, along with Jonathan Edwards, the famed Calvinist theologian, Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan preacher and healer, Robert Livingston the Elder, Thomas Dudley, the second governor of Massachusetts, and Mayflower passengers James Chilton and his daughter Mary Chilton.
He received his high school education at St. Mark's School, a prominent prep-school in Southborough, Massachusetts, where he met and was influenced by the poet Richard Eberhart who taught at the school. Then Lowell attended Harvard College for two years before transferring to Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, to study under John Crowe Ransom and Allen Tate.
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Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the influential literary journal The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks in 1935. He received the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel for his novel All the King's Men (1946) and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1958 and 1979. He is the only person to have won Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and poetry.
Warren was born in Guthrie, Kentucky, which is very near the Tennessee-Kentucky border, to Robert Warren and Anna Penn. Warren's mother's family had roots in Virginia, having given their name to the community of Penn's Store in Patrick County, Virginia. Robert Penn Warren graduated from Clarksville High School in Clarksville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University in 1925 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1926. Warren later attended Yale University and obtained his B. Litt. as a Rhodes Scholar from New College, Oxford, in England in 1930. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study in Italy during the rule of Benito Mussolini. That same year he began his teaching career at Southwestern College (now Rhodes College) in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Samuel Barber
Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century; music critic Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim." His Adagio for Strings (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music, for his opera Vanessa (1956–57) and his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). Also widely performed is his Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947), a work for soprano and orchestra, which sets a prose text by James Agee. Unusual among contemporary composers, nearly all of his compositions have been recorded.
Barber was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the son of Marguerite McLeod (née Beatty) and Samuel Le Roy Barber. He was born into a comfortable, educated, social, and distinguished Irish-American[citation needed] family. His father was a physician, and his mother was a pianist. His aunt, Louise Homer, was a leading contralto at the Metropolitan Opera and his uncle, Sidney Homer, was a composer of American art songs. Louise Homer is known to have influenced Barber's interest in voice. Through his aunt, Barber had access to many great singers and songs.
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Sig Gissler
Sig Gissler is a Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Sig Gissler was born in Chicago. He is a graduate of Lake Forest College. He worked for the Libertyville Independent-Register and the Waukegan News-Sun until he joined The Milwaukee Journal as editor in 1967. He then taught at Stanford University and was a senior fellow at the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center. In 1994, he became a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Since 2002, he has served as the administrator for the Pulitzer Prizes.
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Steven Hahn
Steven Hahn is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor in American History at the University of Pennsylvania.
Educated at the University of Rochester, where he worked with Eugene Genovese and Herbert Gutman, Hahn received his Ph.D. from Yale University. His dissertation was overseen by C. Vann Woodward, and later Howard R. Lamar.
He has written on the South, slavery and emancipation, the Populist Era, rural cultures, and social migration. His first book was The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890 (Oxford University Press, 1983). This study was important because it provided a detailed and original account of the political ideology of white southern small farmers. At the time this group, the majority of the American South, had received relatively little scholarly attention. Hahn presented the southern yeomen as non-capitalist in crucial respects, and describes how they were undermined by the increasing commercialization of Southern agriculture after the Civil War.
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Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist. He is a MacArthur Fellow noted for his dense and complex novels, and both his fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, styles and themes, including (but not limited to) the fields of history, science, and mathematics. For his most praised novel, Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1974 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and is regularly cited as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon served two years in the United States Navy and earned an English degree from Cornell University. After publishing several short stories in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the novels for which he is best known: V. (1963), The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Gravity's Rainbow (1973), and Mason & Dixon (1997). Pynchon is also known for being very private; very few photographs of him have ever been published, and rumors about his location and identity have circulated since the 1960s.
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Thorton Wilder
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the two plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth—and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.
Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Amos Parker Wilder, a US diplomat, and Isabella Niven Wilder. All of the Wilder children spent part of their childhood in China because of their father's work.
Thornton Wilder's older brother, Amos Niven Wilder, was Hollis Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, a noted poet, and foundational to the development of the field theopoetics. Amos was also a nationally ranked tennis player who competed at the Wimbledon tennis championships in 1922. His sister, Isabel Wilder, was an accomplished writer. Both of his other sisters, Charlotte Wilder, a poet, and Janet Wilder Dakin, a zoologist, attended Mount Holyoke College and were excellent students. Additionally, Wilder had a twin brother who died at birth.
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William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (born Falkner, September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career. He is primarily known and acclaimed for his novels and short stories, many of which are set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, a setting Faulkner created based on Lafayette County, where he spent most of his childhood, and Holly Springs/Marshall County.
Faulkner is one of the most important writers of the Southern literature of the United States, along with Mark Twain, Robert Penn Warren, Flannery O'Connor, Truman Capote, Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Harper Lee and Tennessee Williams. Though his work was published as early as 1919, and largely during the 1920s and 1930s, Faulkner was relatively unknown until receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. Two of his works, A Fable (1954) and his last novel The Reivers (1962) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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William L. Laurence
William Leonard Laurence (March 7, 1888 – March 19, 1977) was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American journalist known for his science journalism writing of the 1940s and 1950s while working for the New York Times. He received two Pulitzer Prizes, and as the official historian of the Manhattan Project was the only journalist to witness the Trinity test and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He is credited with coining the iconic phrase "Atomic Age" which became popular in the 1950s.
Laurence was born in Salantai, then part of Russia though now in Lithuania, and emigrated to the United States in 1905 after participating in the Russian Revolution of 1905. His name was originally Leib Wolf Siew, but he changed it after immigrating, taking "William" after William Shakespeare, "Leonard" after Leonardo da Vinci, and "Lawrence" after a street he lived on in Roxbury, Massachusetts (he changed the "w" to a "u" in reference to Friedrich Schiller's Laura). He attended college at Harvard University, Harvard Law School, and Boston University, and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1913. During World War I, he served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and in 1919 attended the University of Besançon in France.
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William Laurence
William Leonard Laurence (March 7, 1888 – March 19, 1977) was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American journalist known for his science journalism writing of the 1940s and 1950s while working for the New York Times. He received two Pulitzer Prizes, and as the official historian of the Manhattan Project was the only journalist to witness the Trinity test and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. He is credited with coining the iconic phrase "Atomic Age" which became popular in the 1950s.
Laurence was born in Salantai, then part of Russia though now in Lithuania, and emigrated to the United States in 1905 after participating in the Russian Revolution of 1905. His name was originally Leib Wolf Siew, but he changed it after immigrating, taking "William" after William Shakespeare, "Leonard" after Leonardo da Vinci, and "Lawrence" after a street he lived on in Roxbury, Massachusetts (he changed the "w" to a "u" in reference to Friedrich Schiller's Laura). He attended college at Harvard University, Harvard Law School, and Boston University, and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1913. During World War I, he served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and in 1919 attended the University of Besançon in France.
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Photography: A mirror to the world
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A collection of photographs which have won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography from 1961 to 2007. The collection has 27 photos and obviously don't have all winner photos. Pulitzer prizes for press phtography are given in two categories: Breaking news photography and Feature phptography. More info can be obtained from en.wikipedia.org In the later years, the award is mostly given to a collection of photographs covering a story rather than a single one. In such cases I chose the photo which I found most appealing for various reasons. For example, while the photo of a medical technician weeping at the funeral of his collegue who died in the 9/11 (2002) was chosen for its deep emotion, the photo of a dog feeding on a human corpse in New Orleans (2006) was chosen for its shock value. However a collection of award-winning photos can be found in the Pulitzer prizes official site: www.pulitzer.org
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A collection of photographs which have won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography from 1961 to 2007. The collection has 27 photos and obviously don't have all winner photos. Pulitzer prizes for press phtography are given in two categories: Breaking news photography and Feature phptography. More info can be obtained from en.wikipedia.org In the later years, the award is mostly given to a collection of photographs covering a story rather than a single one. In such cases I chose the photo which I found most appealing for various reasons. For example, while the photo of a medical technician weeping at the funeral of his collegue who died in the 9/11 (2002) was chosen for its deep emotion, the photo of a dog feeding on a human corpse in New Orleans (2006) was chosen for its shock value. However a collection of award-winning photos can be found in the Pulitzer prizes official site: www.pulitzer.org
2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
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The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism awarded here Monday demonstrated the resilience of old media and the ascendance of the new, as the venerable Philadelphia Inquirer won the prestigious public service medal and the 7-year-old Huffington Post took the national reporting prize for its exploration of the challenges that confront wounded US service members.
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The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism awarded here Monday demonstrated the resilience of old media and the ascendance of the new, as the venerable Philadelphia Inquirer won the prestigious public service medal and the 7-year-old Huffington Post took the national reporting prize for its exploration of the challenges that confront wounded US service members.
- published: 17 Apr 2012
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Pulitzer Prize Profile: The Philadelphia Inquirer's Public Service Award
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Announced Monday by Columbia University, The Philadelphia Inquirer won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its "Assault on Learning" series that chronicled pervasive under-reported violence in the city's public schools. Jeffrey Brown and The Inquirer's Kristen Graham discuss the award and the series' impact on the city.
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Announced Monday by Columbia University, The Philadelphia Inquirer won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its "Assault on Learning" series that chronicled pervasive under-reported violence in the city's public schools. Jeffrey Brown and The Inquirer's Kristen Graham discuss the award and the series' impact on the city.
- published: 17 Apr 2012
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Jennifer Egan, Kay Ryan Among Pulitzer Prize Winners
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Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday. Among the winners in the letters, drama and music categories were novelist Jennifer Egan and poet Kay Ryan, who each recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown to talk about their work.
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Read the Transcript: to.pbs.org The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday. Among the winners in the letters, drama and music categories were novelist Jennifer Egan and poet Kay Ryan, who each recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown to talk about their work.
- published: 19 Apr 2011
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Pulitzer prize 1968 commented by its photographer, Eddie Adams
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CLICK TO WATCH FULL DOCUMENTARY ONLINE: docsonline.tv South Vietnam national police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a suspected Viet Cong member. If you're open for new perspectives on war, this movie is a must see. What is the psychology of war? Do soldiers become murderers when they enjoy killing? Is war beautiful? Are all humans capable of monstrous acts? FIRST KILL explores what war does to the human mind and soul. The film stars several interviews with Michael Herr, the former war correspondent who wrote the screenplays to Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Of Equal importance are several in-depth interviews with vietnam veterans that evoke the contradictory feelings that killing produces - fear, hate, seduction and pleasure.
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CLICK TO WATCH FULL DOCUMENTARY ONLINE: docsonline.tv South Vietnam national police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a suspected Viet Cong member. If you're open for new perspectives on war, this movie is a must see. What is the psychology of war? Do soldiers become murderers when they enjoy killing? Is war beautiful? Are all humans capable of monstrous acts? FIRST KILL explores what war does to the human mind and soul. The film stars several interviews with Michael Herr, the former war correspondent who wrote the screenplays to Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. Of Equal importance are several in-depth interviews with vietnam veterans that evoke the contradictory feelings that killing produces - fear, hate, seduction and pleasure.
- published: 20 Feb 2011
- author: DocsOnline
1987 Pulitzer Prize Ceremony
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The 1987 Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University, New York. Rita Dove receives the award for her poetry collection "Thomas and Beulah". General introduction by Roger Wilkins. Introduction of prize winners: Michael Sovern. Seated at Table 1, among others, are Rita Dove, Joseph Pulitzer Jr., Meg Greenfield (Washington Post; chair of the Pulitzer Board's poetry award committee), Fred Viebahn (Rita Dove's husband), Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Gene Foreman (Philadephia Inquirer), Max Frankel (New York Times), Peter Taylor (prize winner in fiction), Michael Sovern (president of Columbia University and Pulitzer Awards chairman). Among the recipients is also August Wilson (for drama). Video recorded by Fred Viebahn.
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The 1987 Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University, New York. Rita Dove receives the award for her poetry collection "Thomas and Beulah". General introduction by Roger Wilkins. Introduction of prize winners: Michael Sovern. Seated at Table 1, among others, are Rita Dove, Joseph Pulitzer Jr., Meg Greenfield (Washington Post; chair of the Pulitzer Board's poetry award committee), Fred Viebahn (Rita Dove's husband), Emily Rauh Pulitzer, Gene Foreman (Philadephia Inquirer), Max Frankel (New York Times), Peter Taylor (prize winner in fiction), Michael Sovern (president of Columbia University and Pulitzer Awards chairman). Among the recipients is also August Wilson (for drama). Video recorded by Fred Viebahn.
- published: 29 Nov 2011
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Terkel Dies at 96
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Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people has died in Chicago. He was 96. (Nov. 1)
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Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose best-selling oral histories celebrated the common people has died in Chicago. He was 96. (Nov. 1)
- published: 01 Nov 2008
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Neil Gaiman, Author supports an #OnionPulitzer
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afajp.org We must demand more from our media prize givers. English writer Neil Gamain scolds the Pulitzer Board.
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afajp.org We must demand more from our media prize givers. English writer Neil Gamain scolds the Pulitzer Board.
- published: 23 Jun 2011
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Pulitzer Winning Journalist Slams Fox News WHILE ON Fox News
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Co-anchor Jon Scott interviewed Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas Ricks, about the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi and Sen. John McCain's criticisms of Amb. Susan Rice. Ricks said "Fox [News] is operating as the wing of the Republican Party." The interview quickly interviewed after that.
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Co-anchor Jon Scott interviewed Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas Ricks, about the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi and Sen. John McCain's criticisms of Amb. Susan Rice. Ricks said "Fox [News] is operating as the wing of the Republican Party." The interview quickly interviewed after that.
- published: 27 Nov 2012
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Finding Forrester (4/8) Movie CLIP - The Pulitzer Prize (2000) HD
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Finding Forrester Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Jamal (Rob Brown) asks William (Sean Connery) if he ever entered any writing competition. William responds "once," and that he won the Pulitzer. TM & © Sony (2012) Cast: Rob Brown, Sean Connery Director: Gus Van Sant MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: amzn.to Producer: Sean Connery, Laurence Mark, Dany Wolf, Rhonda Tollefson Screenwriter: Mike Rich Film Description: In the spirit of his Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant directs this tale of the unlikely bond that develops between an aging, reclusive novelist named Forrester (Sean Connery) -- who hasn't written anything since winning a Pulitzer Prize decades earlier -- and Jamal (Rob Brown), a 16-year-old with a hidden desire to be a writer. When Jamal is cited for his athleticism in basketball by an elite Manhattan prep school, he is forced to adapt to an environment far from his South Bronx upbringing, and a small mishap leads him to the eccentric, uneasy Forrester. After their initial apprehension of each other, they begin to fuel each other's fire for writing, and become unlikely friends despite their ages and backgrounds. Forrester's devotion to Jamal becomes enhanced when he must defend allegations of plagiarism enforced by Professor Crawford (F. Murray Abraham), jeopardizing Jamal's future. The film also features Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, and Zane Copeland, Jr ...
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Finding Forrester Movie Clip - watch all clips j.mp click to subscribe j.mp Jamal (Rob Brown) asks William (Sean Connery) if he ever entered any writing competition. William responds "once," and that he won the Pulitzer. TM & © Sony (2012) Cast: Rob Brown, Sean Connery Director: Gus Van Sant MOVIECLIPS YouTube Channel: j.mp Join our Facebook page: j.mp Follow us on Twitter: j.mp Buy Movie: amzn.to Producer: Sean Connery, Laurence Mark, Dany Wolf, Rhonda Tollefson Screenwriter: Mike Rich Film Description: In the spirit of his Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant directs this tale of the unlikely bond that develops between an aging, reclusive novelist named Forrester (Sean Connery) -- who hasn't written anything since winning a Pulitzer Prize decades earlier -- and Jamal (Rob Brown), a 16-year-old with a hidden desire to be a writer. When Jamal is cited for his athleticism in basketball by an elite Manhattan prep school, he is forced to adapt to an environment far from his South Bronx upbringing, and a small mishap leads him to the eccentric, uneasy Forrester. After their initial apprehension of each other, they begin to fuel each other's fire for writing, and become unlikely friends despite their ages and backgrounds. Forrester's devotion to Jamal becomes enhanced when he must defend allegations of plagiarism enforced by Professor Crawford (F. Murray Abraham), jeopardizing Jamal's future. The film also features Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, and Zane Copeland, Jr ...
- published: 28 Nov 2012
- author: MyClips24
Chris Hedges Warns of Authoritarian Takeover
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- Updated: 30 Nov 2012
Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent Chris Hedges. "Revolt is all we have left. It is our only hope," Hedges recently wrote. www.truthdig.com [[[Enhance your stored food supply today]]] www.infowarsshop.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv twitter.com www.facebook.com [Join The Alex Jones Team and Start Getting Healthy Today!] www.infowarsteam.com [New Website] www.infowarshealth.com Get all your Youngevity Products such as Beyond Tangy Tangerine, the Alex Pack and Pollen Burst. These supplements are a great way to get your essentials vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other beneficial nutrients www.infowarsteam.com [[[ProPur Water Filtration]]] www.infowarsshop.com
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Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent Chris Hedges. "Revolt is all we have left. It is our only hope," Hedges recently wrote. www.truthdig.com [[[Enhance your stored food supply today]]] www.infowarsshop.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv twitter.com www.facebook.com [Join The Alex Jones Team and Start Getting Healthy Today!] www.infowarsteam.com [New Website] www.infowarshealth.com Get all your Youngevity Products such as Beyond Tangy Tangerine, the Alex Pack and Pollen Burst. These supplements are a great way to get your essentials vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other beneficial nutrients www.infowarsteam.com [[[ProPur Water Filtration]]] www.infowarsshop.com
- published: 06 Sep 2012
- views: 106385
- author: TheAlexJonesChannel
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sues Obama Over NDAA 1/2
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- Duration: 15:21
- Updated: 24 Oct 2012
On the Tuesday, January 24th edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about his lawsuit challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Obama signed at the end of 2011. Hedges is the author of The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress, Collateral Damage, American Fascists and other titles. www.truthdig.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv
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On the Tuesday, January 24th edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about his lawsuit challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Obama signed at the end of 2011. Hedges is the author of The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress, Collateral Damage, American Fascists and other titles. www.truthdig.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv
- published: 24 Jan 2012
- views: 19881
- author: TheAlexJonesChannel
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sues Obama Over NDAA 2/2
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- Duration: 15:20
- Updated: 24 Oct 2012
On the Tuesday, January 24th edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about his lawsuit challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Obama signed at the end of 2011. Hedges is the author of The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress, Collateral Damage, American Fascists and other titles. www.truthdig.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv
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On the Tuesday, January 24th edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex talks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author and Middle East expert Chris Hedges about his lawsuit challenging the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which Obama signed at the end of 2011. Hedges is the author of The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress, Collateral Damage, American Fascists and other titles. www.truthdig.com www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv
- published: 25 Jan 2012
- views: 10614
- author: TheAlexJonesChannel
Pinkish Pastry Receives The Pulitzer Prize For Reasons Unknown
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- Duration: 2:07
- Updated: 25 Nov 2012
OH TEH NOES PONIES DISLIKE UNSUB Uhh, anyways, about this Pulitzer Prize mentioned in the title... This would be her acceptance speech. Me? Using a source you wouldn't see me using in a million years? I think that counts as a subscriber special, if you will. Happy 2000 subs, everybody. Also, DISCLAIMER HASBRO HASBRO HASBRO HASBRO HASBR- SDFSDDSFF
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OH TEH NOES PONIES DISLIKE UNSUB Uhh, anyways, about this Pulitzer Prize mentioned in the title... This would be her acceptance speech. Me? Using a source you wouldn't see me using in a million years? I think that counts as a subscriber special, if you will. Happy 2000 subs, everybody. Also, DISCLAIMER HASBRO HASBRO HASBRO HASBRO HASBR- SDFSDDSFF
- published: 01 Jun 2011
- views: 24059
- author: avojaifnot
Pulitzer prize winner David McCullough
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- Duration: 9:54
- Updated: 20 May 2012
Pulitzer Prize Winner David McCullough speaks on the importance of History in today's curriculum (Boston, 8/7/07)
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Pulitzer Prize Winner David McCullough speaks on the importance of History in today's curriculum (Boston, 8/7/07)
- published: 07 Aug 2007
- views: 3321
- author: Steve Harrelson
Rae Armantrout reading from her Pulitzer Prize winning book Versed
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- Duration: 16:18
- Updated: 11 Aug 2012
92Y Main Reading Series: www.92y.org March 12, 2009: Rae Armantrout reads from Versed (amzn.to which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010: nyti.ms Young Literary Salon: Are you 35 or younger? A limited number of tickets are available to each Reading Series event for just $10. See them all here: www.92y.org Follow 92Y on Twitter: Twitter.com on Facebook: Facebook Read more on the 92Y Blog: Blog.92Y.org
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92Y Main Reading Series: www.92y.org March 12, 2009: Rae Armantrout reads from Versed (amzn.to which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010: nyti.ms Young Literary Salon: Are you 35 or younger? A limited number of tickets are available to each Reading Series event for just $10. See them all here: www.92y.org Follow 92Y on Twitter: Twitter.com on Facebook: Facebook Read more on the 92Y Blog: Blog.92Y.org
- published: 13 Apr 2010
- views: 2793
- author: 92ndStreetY
Dave Barry, Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Columnist supports an #OnionPulitzer
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- Updated: 29 Jan 2012
afajp.org Dave Barry, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988, knows that his award is worthless until The Onion is also honored.
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afajp.org Dave Barry, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988, knows that his award is worthless until The Onion is also honored.
- published: 21 Jun 2011
- views: 14802
- author: AfajpOnline
Demand an #OnionPulitzer: A message from Americans For Fairness in Awarding Journalism Prizes
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- Duration: 2:25
- Updated: 13 Aug 2012
The Pulitzer Board's bias against The Onion must end NOW. Join the fight today: afajp.org
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The Pulitzer Board's bias against The Onion must end NOW. Join the fight today: afajp.org
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 50671
- author: AfajpOnline
Notebook: Pulitzer prizes
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- Duration: 1:04
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Katie Couric comments on the 2011 Pulitizer Prize winners and remembers the legacy of Joseph Pulitzer.
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Katie Couric comments on the 2011 Pulitizer Prize winners and remembers the legacy of Joseph Pulitzer.
- published: 19 Apr 2011
- views: 342
- author: CBSNewsOnline
"The Story of the Soup Cans" - Pulitzer Prize Winner Louis M
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- Updated: 15 Nov 2011
Louis Menand-critic and author of "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America," spoke on Thursday, May 12, about Andy Warhol's 1962 exhibit of paintings of Campbell's soup cans and the role it played the intellectual history of the Cold War era.
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Louis Menand-critic and author of "The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America," spoke on Thursday, May 12, about Andy Warhol's 1962 exhibit of paintings of Campbell's soup cans and the role it played the intellectual history of the Cold War era.
- published: 05 Mar 2008
- views: 1441
- author: UOregon
Pulitzer Prize-Newseum
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- Updated: 31 Oct 2011
Tabinda Naeem, Urdu VoA News, Washington. This pkg features the Pulitzer Prize Gallery of the Newseum-The News Museum of Washington DC. The Pulitzer Prize Photo Gallery contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalism ever assembled. It includes every prize-winning entry dating back to 1942. The pkg also takes a look at the criteria for Pulitzer Prize and how it benefits the winning photojournalist.
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Tabinda Naeem, Urdu VoA News, Washington. This pkg features the Pulitzer Prize Gallery of the Newseum-The News Museum of Washington DC. The Pulitzer Prize Photo Gallery contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalism ever assembled. It includes every prize-winning entry dating back to 1942. The pkg also takes a look at the criteria for Pulitzer Prize and how it benefits the winning photojournalist.
- published: 31 Oct 2011
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Honoring Journalism's Best - the Pulitzer
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- Duration: 3:33
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
The Pulitzer Prize is one of the greatest honors for excellence in journalism. Now a museum dedicated to the news industry is recognizing that honor with a permanent display of prize-winning photographs. Tabinda Naeem explores the exhibit at the Newseum in Washington. Ruth Reader narrates.
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The Pulitzer Prize is one of the greatest honors for excellence in journalism. Now a museum dedicated to the news industry is recognizing that honor with a permanent display of prize-winning photographs. Tabinda Naeem explores the exhibit at the Newseum in Washington. Ruth Reader narrates.
- published: 14 Aug 2008
- views: 4468
- author: VOAvideo
Patrick Farrell wins the Pulitzer Prize.
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Patrick Farrell wins the Pulitzer Prize.
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Patrick Farrell wins the Pulitzer Prize.
- published: 20 Apr 2009
- views: 1249
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photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis
30 Nov 2012
- For historians, it represents a treasure trove of boundless rewards and an opportunity to revisit some of the most enduring myths about Britain's colonial past. But for some of those still living with the physical and psychological scars, the release of thousands of previously secret government-held documents offers fresh hope of finally gaining a measure of justice for their suffering under British rule ... 1096 Source.. Al Jazeera ... ;">....(size: 22.4Kb)
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29 Nov 2012
Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry. Her fiance would be pleased to see her die, she later recalled thinking. It would offer relief to them both. Farima, 17, had resisted her engagement to Zabiullah since it was ordained by her grandfather when she was 9 ... He ran outside. His daughter's torso was contorted ... Her skin was pallid....(size: 12.8Kb)
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30 Nov 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Staring at the quote on the small granite monument which read. "They said to one another, behold here comes the dreamer...Let us slay him...And we shall see what will become of his dreams," I tried to understand that fateful moment when a shot shattered heaven and earth ... Martin Luther King, Jr. Straining my ears, I tried to hear Rev. Abernathy cry out, "Oh my God, Martin's been shot!" ... Dr....(size: 6.5Kb)
photo: UN / Shareef Sarhan
30 Nov 2012
Israel has dismissed the UN vote to upgrade the status of the Palestinian territories as "negative political theatre" that will "hurt peace". Government spokesman Mark Regev said the move had taken Palestinians and Israelis out of a negotiating process. The General Assembly voted resoundingly to recognise the Palestinians as a non-member observer state on Thursday ... 'New ball-game' ... Please turn on JavaScript ... ....(size: 8.5Kb)
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30 Nov 2012
UNITED NATIONS -- The UN voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the UN was approved in the 193-member world body by a vote of 138-9, with 41 abstentions ... The Palestinians still face enormous limitations ... U.S ... 0. Click to rate ... St ... ....(size: 9.3Kb)
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01 Dec 2012
The Man Booker Prize for Aravind Adiga's White Tiger, The Hindu Prize for Manu Joseph's Serious Men, The Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Solo by Rana Dasgupta, multiple awards including the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott for Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph and the Pulitzer Prize for Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Emperor of All Maladies....(size: 5.8Kb)
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01 Dec 2012
November 30, 2012 ... 5. The award is named after Lauren "Deac" Lyman, a Pulitzer-prize winning aviation reporter with the New York Times who later had a distinguished career as a public relations executive with United Aircraft, a predecessor to United Technologies Corporation. First awarded in 1972, the prize goes to a journalist or public relations professional in aviation who exhibits Lyman's high standard of excellence....(size: 3.2Kb)
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01 Dec 2012
Brittany Alana DavisTampa Bay Times. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters. TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott used tough language in the summer of 2011 when he created a panel to help fix the deadly abuse and neglect in Florida assisted living facilities ... Then politics happened ... The series was a Pulitzer Prize finalist ... Critics contend the reverse was true ... Rep....(size: 6.9Kb)
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01 Dec 2012
By Peggy Binette, peggy@mailbox.sc.edu, 803-777-7704 ... Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal, is now complete ... Thursday, Dec ... But they are more than that ... Her favorite story is about Wil Lou Gray, a pioneer in adult education who founded opportunity schools in South Carolina, and Julia Mood Peterkin, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Scarlett Sister Mary," which in part was written in a Gullah dialect, and banned by some institutions....(size: 7.5Kb)
The Examiner
30 Nov 2012
For the Steven Spielberg movie, "Lincoln," Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner has written an intelligent political thriller that keeps us involved even though we know the ending ... "Lincoln" is based on the work of another Pulitzer Prize winner ... Goodwin won a Pulitzer in 1995 for her "No Ordinary Time ... This is a fine pairing of two Pulitzer Prize-winning wordsmiths, guided to the silver screen with sensitivity by Spielberg....(size: 8.5Kb)
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30 Nov 2012
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30 Nov 2012
Comments. Zoom. Hadden ) ... Hadden, who joined the page in 1980 and became its deputy editor a decade later, added to our opinions a sophisticated understanding of legislative and legal systems ... District Judge Avern Cohn ... He broke in as a copy boy at the Free Press and was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1967 Detroit riots. "I'm the world's only Pulitzer Prize-winning copy boy," Hadden quips ... Tweet ... A A A ... Next....(size: 8.9Kb)
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30 Nov 2012
Tweet. ARLINGTON, Va., Nov ... Air Force ... The award is named after Lauren "Deac" Lyman, a Pulitzer-prize winning aviation reporter with the New York Times who later had a distinguished career as a public relations executive with United Aircraft, a predecessor to United Technologies Corporation. First awarded in 1972, the prize goes to a journalist or public relations professional in aviation who exhibits Lyman's high standard of excellence....(size: 3.4Kb)
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30 Nov 2012
HARDCOVER FICTION. 1. The Last Man, Vince Flynn. The counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp searches for a missing CIA asset amid treachery in Afghanistan. 2. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, James Patterson. Detective Alex Cross confronts both a hostage situation and a terrorist act at Christmas. 3. The Racketeer, John Grisham ... 4 ... 5 ... 1 ... Kennedy. 2 ... The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist celebrates Jefferson’s skills as a practical politician. 3 ... 4....(size: 3.2Kb)
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30 Nov 2012
By Henry Payne comments. Henry Payne Detroit News editorial cartoonist and Editor, The Michigan View.com Tweet Email Share. AAA. Henry Payne is editor of The Michigan View.com and an award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News. A twenty-five year newspaper veteran, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated satirist produces 12 cartoons a week for The News and United Feature Syndicate ... Tags. hohos, santa. Previous Post Editorial cartoon ... ....(size: 3.5Kb)
The Washington Post
30 Nov 2012
In 1962, at the age of 65, Thornton Wilder made a dramatic getaway, driving alone from the East Coast to Douglas, Ariz ... What sent one of the greatest living American authors — the first to win Pulitzer Prizes in fiction (“The Bridge of San Luis Rey”) and drama (“Our Town”) — to a nowhere town where he didn’t know a soul? A case of excessive sociability. Loading... Comments Weigh In Corrections?....(size: 4.9Kb)
The Washington Post
30 Nov 2012
Zucker has been hired to be a “magnet for talent” and to broaden the definition of “news” for CNN, which has been in a world of ratings hurt domestically for some time ... Pulitzer Prize winner, Peabody recipient, Medal of Freedom honoree -- Lisa de Moraes is none of these, but she is an authority on the bad direction, over-acting, and muddled plot lines being played out in the TV industry's executive suites ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
The News Tribune
30 Nov 2012
You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we’re barreling toward a “world ... of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions.” Here in Washington, D.C., we’re too busy to pay attention to such trifles ... Still, U.S ... Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist....(size: 4.8Kb)
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| Pulitzer Prize | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition |
| Presented by | Columbia University |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1917 |
| Official website | http://www.pulitzer.org/ |
The Pulitzer Prize /ˈpʊlɨtsər/[1] is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer in 1917 and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award.[2] The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal, which always goes to a newspaper, although an individual may be named in the citation.
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Entry and prize consideration[link]
The Pulitzer Prize does not automatically evaluate all applicable works in the media, but only those that have been entered with a $50 entry fee[3] (one per desired entry category). Entries must fit in at least one of the specific prize categories, and cannot simply gain entrance on the grounds of having general literary or compositional properties.[3] Works can also only be entered into a maximum of two prize categories, regardless of their properties.
Each year, 103 judges are selected[by whom?] to "serve on 20 separate juries" for the 21 award categories (one jury for both photography awards). Most of the juries consist of five members, except for those of "public service, investigative reporting, beat reporting, feature writing and commentary categories", which have seven members.[4] For each award category, a jury makes three nominations. The board selects the winner by majority vote from the nominations or bypass the nominations and select a different entry with a 75% majority vote. The board can also vote no award. The board gets no compensation for its work. The jurors in letters, music, and drama get a $2000 honorarium for the year, while each chair gets $2500.[4]
The difference between entrants and nominated finalists[link]
Anyone whose work has been submitted is called an "entrant". The jury selects a small group of "nominated finalists" and announces them together with the winner for each category.
History[link]
Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer gave money in his will to Columbia University to launch a journalism school and establish the Prize. $250,000 was allocated to the prize and scholarships.[5] He specified "four awards in journalism, four in letters and drama, one in education, and four traveling scholarships."[4] After his death, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded June 4, 1917; they are now announced each April.
Recipients[link]
See also: Category:Pulitzer Prize winners
Individuals[link]
Recipients of multiple Pulitzer Prizes include:
- Four awards:
- Robert Frost
- Eugene O'Neill (two of the awards were in a four-year period)
- Carol Guzy (for photography)
- Three awards:
- Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Archibald MacLeish
- Thomas L. Friedman for International Reporting and Commentary
- Edward Albee
- Thorton Wilder (once in the Novel category and twice in Drama)
- Robert Penn Warren (once for Fiction and twice for Poetry)
- Carl Sandburg (once for Biography and twice for Poetry)
- Two awards:
- Robert Caro for Biography
- David McCullough
- Robert Lowell for Poetry
- Mike Luckovich for Editorial Cartooning
- Gene Weingarten for Feature Writing (twice (2008 and 2010) in a three-year period)
- Margaret Leech for History
- August Wilson for Drama
- Barbara W. Tuchman for General Non-Fiction
- Norman Mailer for Fiction and Non-Fiction
- William Faulkner
- John Updike
- Gian Carlo Menotti for music composition
- Samuel Barber for music composition
- Elliot Carter for music composition
- Booth Tarkington for Novel (twice in a four-year period)
- Anthony Shadid for his coverage of the Iraq War
- Edward O. Wilson for biology.
- Horst Faas for Photography
Newspapers[link]
The prize for Public Service is awarded to newspapers. Awards for journalism categories such as General News Reporting may be awarded to individuals or newspapers or newspaper staffs.[citation needed]
Categories[link]
| The Pulitzer Prizes |
| Joseph Pulitzer • Pulitzers by year Pulitzer winners |
| Journalism: |
| Letters and drama: |
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Awards are made in categories relating to newspaper journalism, arts, and letters and fiction. Only published reports and photographs by United States-based newspapers or daily news organizations are eligible for the journalism prize. Beginning in 2007, "an assortment of online elements will be permitted in all journalism categories except for the competition's two photography categories, which will continue to restrict entries to still images."[6] In December 2008 it was announced that for the first time content published in online-only news sources would be considered.[7]
The current Pulitzer Prize category definitions in the 2008 competition, in the order they are awarded, are:
- Public Service – for a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources, which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting. Often thought of as the grand prize, the Public Service award is given to the newspaper, not to individuals, though individuals are often mentioned for their contributions.
- Breaking News Reporting – for a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news.
- Investigative Reporting – for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team, presented as a single newspaper article or series.
- Explanatory Reporting – for a distinguished example of explanatory newspaper reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing, and clear presentation.
- Local Reporting – for a distinguished example of local newspaper reporting that illuminates significant issues or concerns.[6]
- National Reporting – for a distinguished example of newspaper reporting on national affairs.
- International Reporting – for a distinguished example of newspaper reporting on international affairs, including United Nations correspondence.
- Feature Writing – for a distinguished example of newspaper feature writing giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality.
- Commentary – for distinguished commentary.
- Criticism – for distinguished criticism.
- Editorial Writing – for distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clarity of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning, and power to influence public opinion in what the writer perceives to be the right direction.
- Editorial Cartooning – for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect.
- Breaking News Photography, previously called Spot News Photography – for a distinguished example of breaking news photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence, or an album.
- Feature Photography – for a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence, or an album.
There are six categories in letters and drama:
- Fiction – for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life.
- Drama – for a distinguished play by an American playwright, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life.
- History – for a distinguished book on the history of the United States.
- Biography or Autobiography – for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.
- Poetry – for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American poet.
- General Non-Fiction – for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an American author that is not eligible for consideration in any other category.
There is one prize given for music:
- Pulitzer Prize for Music – for a distinguished musical contribution by an American that had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year.
There have also been a number of Special Citations and Awards.
In addition to the prizes, Pulitzer travelling fellowships are awarded to four outstanding students of the Graduate School of Journalism as selected by the faculty.
Board[link]
The 20-member board consists mostly of major newspaper editors and executives, along with six academics including the president of Columbia University and the dean and administrator of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The administrator and the dean cannot vote. The board elects its own members for a three-year term (excluding the dean and the administrator). Members of the board and the juries are selected with close attention "given to professional excellence and affiliation, as well as diversity in terms of gender, ethnic background, geographical distribution and size of newspaper." Each year, the chair rotates to the most senior member.[8] The board makes all prize decisions.[4]
The 2011–2012 board members were:[9]
- Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
- Jim Amoss, Editor, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA (Co-chair)
- Randell Beck, President and Publisher, Argus Leader Media, Sioux Falls, SD
- Robert Blau, Managing Editor for projects and investigations, Bloomberg News, New York, NY
- Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University, New York, NY
- Kathleen Carroll, Executive Editor and Senior Vice President, Associated Press (Co-chair)
- Joyce Dehli, Vice President for News, Lee Enterprises
- Junot Díaz, Author and Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Thomas Friedman, Columnist, The New York Times, New York, NY
- Paul Gigot, Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal, New York, NY
- Sig Gissler, Administrator, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
- Steven Hahn, Roy F. and Jeanette P. Nichols Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Nicholas Lemann, Dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
- Ann Marie Lipinski, Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Co-chair)
- Gregory Moore, Editor, The Denver Post, Denver, CO
- Eugene Robinson, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
- Margaret Sullivan, Editor, The Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY
- Paul Tash, Chairman and CEO, Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, FL
- Jim VandeHei, Executive Editor and Co-founder, Politico
- Keven Ann Willey, Vice President/Editorial Page Editor, The Dallas Morning News
Discontinued awards[link]
Over the years, awards have been discontinued either because the field of the award has been expanded to encompass other areas, the award been renamed because the common terminology changed, or the award has become obsolete, such as the prizes for telegraphic reporting, which was based on the old technology of the telegram.
An example of a writing field that has been expanded was the former Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, which has been changed to the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which also includes short stories, novellas, novelettes, and fictional poetry, as well as novels.
To find, for example, all the winners for investigative reporting, you have to also look back at the prize for local investigative specialized reporting, which previously was the prize for local reporting, no edition time.
Discontinued or merged categories include:
- Pulitzer Prize for Reporting, 1917–1947.
- Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence, 1929–1947.
- Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, became the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting, 1985–1990, became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting, 1964–1984, became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, 1964–1984, became the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time, 1953–1963, became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time, 1953–1963, became the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Photography, was divided in 1968 into Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography and a spot news category, which became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.
- Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting, 1991–1997, became the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting - International, became the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting - National, became the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Specialized Reporting 1985–1990, became the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.
- Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting, 1991–2006; replaced by the reinstituted Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting[6]
- Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, became the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Brief chronology of renamings, splittings, and introductions[link]
1917: + Biography or Autobiography; + History; + Editorial Writing; + Reporting
1918: + Novel; + Drama; + Public Service
1922: + Poetry; + Editorial Cartooning
1929: + Correspondence
1942: + Photography; + Telegraphic Reporting—National; + Telegraphic Reporting—International
1943: + Music
1948: − Correspondence; − Novel + Fiction; − Reporting + Local reporting; − Telegraphic Reporting—National + National Reporting; − Telegraphic Reporting—International + International Reporting
1953: − Local reporting + Local Reporting, Edition Time; + Local Reporting, No Edition Time
1962: + General Non-Fiction
1964: − Local Reporting, Edition Time + Local General or Spot News Reporting; − Local Reporting, No Edition Time + Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
1968: − Photography; + Feature Photography; + Spot News Photography
1970: + Commentary; + Criticism
1979: + Feature Writing
1985: − Local General or Spot News Reporting + General News Reporting; − Local Investigative Specialized Reporting; + Investigative Reporting; + Specialized Reporting; + Explanatory Journalism
1991: − General News Reporting + Spot News Reporting; − Specialized Reporting + Beat Reporting
1998: − Spot News Reporting + Breaking News Reporting; − Explanatory Journalism + Explanatory Reporting
2000: − Spot News Photography + Breaking News Photography
2007: − Beat Reporting + Local reporting
Controversies[link]
- Calls for revocation of journalist Walter Duranty's 1932 Pulitzer Prize
- Call for revocation of journalist William L. Laurence's 1946 Pulitzer Prize
- 1962 Biography Prize: Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst by W. A. Swanberg was recommended by the Prize board but overturned by the trustees of Columbia University because its subject, Hearst, was not an "eminent example of the biographer's art as specified in the prize definition".[10]
- 1974 Fiction Prize: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon was recommended by the three-member fiction panel but the eleven other members of the Prize board overturned that decision and no award was given.[11]
- Forfeiture of Janet Cooke's 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for fabricating the story.
Criticism[link]
Some critics of the Pulitzer Prize have accused the organization of favoring those who support liberal causes or oppose conservative causes. Syndicated columnist L. Brent Bozell said that the Pulitzer Prize has a "liberal legacy", particularly in its prize for commentary.[12] He pointed to a 31-year period in which only five conservatives won prizes for commentary. The claim is also supported by a statement from the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary, Kathleen Parker: "It's only because I'm a conservative basher that I'm now recognized."[13]
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ According to the administrators of the Pulitzer Prize, the correct pronunciation of the name should sound like the verb pull, as in "Pull it, sir".[1] However, /ˈpjuːlɨtsər/, starting off like pew, is also quite common, and attested in the major British and American dictionaries.
- ^ Answer to FAQ 14, from the Pulitzer website
- ^ a b Entry Form For a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism Pulitzer.org
- ^ a b c d Topping, Seymour (2008). "History of The Pulitzer Prizes". The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University. http://www.pulitzer.org/historyofprizes. Retrieved Sep 13, 2011.
- ^ Morris, James McGrath (2010). Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power. New York, NY: HarperCollins. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-06-079870-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=MgT-H8dKBg8C. Retrieved Sep 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Pulitzer Board Widens Range of Online Journalism in Entries" (Press release). Pulitzer Prize Board. November 27, 2006. http://www.pulitzer.org/onlinepressrelease. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ "Pulitzer Prizes Broadened to Include Online-Only Publications Primarily Devoted to Original News Reporting" (Press release). Pulitzer Prize Board. December 8, 2008. http://www.pulitzer.org/new_eligibility_rules. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ Topping, Seymour (2008). "Pulitzer biography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Columbia University. http://www.pulitzer.org/biography. Retrieved Sep 13, 2011.
- ^ 2011–2012
- ^ Hohenberg, John. The Pulitzer Diaries: Inside America's Greatest Prize. 1997. p. 109.
- ^ McDowell, Edwin. "Publishing: Pulitzer Controversies". The New York Times, May 11, 1984: C26.
- ^ Bozell, Brent (April 22, 2007). "Pulitzers' liberal legacy". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/guests/s_503968.html. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- ^ Hagey, Keach (October 4, 2010). "Kathleen Parker: 'Smallish-town girl' hits cable". Politico. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43074.html. Retrieved October 14, 2010.
- Auxier, George W. (March 1940). "Middle Western Newspapers and the Spanish American War, 1895–1898". Mississippi Valley Historical Review (Organization of American Historians) 26 (4): 523. DOI:10.2307/1896320. JSTOR 1896320.
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| Jennifer Egan | |
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 Egan at Occupy Wall Street, November 2011 |
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| Born | (1962-09-06) September 6, 1962 (age 49) Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Genres | Fiction, Novel, Short story |
| Notable work(s) | Look at Me (novel, 2001), A Visit From the Goon Squad (novel, 2010) |
| Notable award(s) | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Book Critics Circle Award |
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Jennifer Egan (born September 6, 1962) is an American novelist and short story writer who lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Egan's novel A Visit From the Goon Squad won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.
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Background and career[link]
She was raised in San Francisco. After she graduated from Lowell High School, Egan majored in English literature at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by two years at St John's College, Cambridge supported by a Thouron Award.[1][2] She has published short fiction in The New Yorker, Harper's, Zoetrope: All-Story, and Ploughshares,[3] among others, and her journalism appears frequently in The New York Times Magazine. She has published one short story collection and four novels, among which Look at Me was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2001.
Egan has been hesitant to classify A Visit from the Goon Squad as either a novel or a short story collection. Speaking about A Visit from the Goon Squad's genre, Egan said, "I wanted to avoid centrality. I wanted polyphony. I wanted a lateral feeling, not a forward feeling. My ground rules were: every piece has to be very different, from a different point of view. I actually tried to break that rule later; if you make a rule then you also should break it!" The book features genre-bending content such as a chapter entirely formatted as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. When discussing her inspiration and approach to the work, she said, "I don’t experience time as linear. I experience it in layers that seem to coexist…One thing that facilitates that kind of time travel is music, which is why I think music ended up being such an important part of the book. Also, I was reading Proust. He tries, very successfully in some ways, to capture the sense of time passing, the quality of consciousness, and the ways to get around linearity, which is the weird scourge of writing prose." [4]
Awards[link]
Egan received a Thouron Award in 1986.[5] She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996,[6] and was a fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library in 2004-05.[7] In 2011 she was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.[8]
Egan won the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award (Fiction)[9] and a Pulitzer Prize for A Visit From the Goon Squad.[10]
Works[link]
- Emerald City (short story collection) (1993, UK; released in US in 1996)
- The Invisible Circus (novel) (1995)
- Look at Me (novel) (2001)
- The Keep (novel) (2006)
- A Visit From the Goon Squad (novel) (2010)
- Black Box (short story) (2012)
Reviews[link]
Reviewing The Keep, The New York Times: Jennifer Egan is a refreshingly unclassifiable novelist; she deploys most of the arsenal developed by metafiction writers of the 1960s and refined by more recent authors like William T. Vollmann and David Foster Wallace — but she can’t exactly be counted as one of them. The opening of her novel, The Keep, lays out a whole Escherian architecture, replete with metafictional trapdoors, pitfalls, infinitely receding reflections and trompe l’œil effects, but what’s more immediately striking about this book is its unusually vivid and convincing realism.[11]
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ Mitchell, Margaret (2009), Hamilton, Geoff; Jones, Brian, eds., Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work, Infobase Publishing, pp. 108–110, ISBN 0-8160-7578-6
- ^ Template:"Surprises Are Always Best," The Penn Gazette
- ^ "Author Details". Pshares.org. http://www.pshares.org/authors/author-detail.cfm?authorID=438. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
- ^ Julavits, Heidi. "Jennifer Egan". BOMB Magazine. Summer 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ Template:"Surprises Are Always Best," The Penn Gazette
- ^ "Jennifer Egan". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. http://www.gf.org/fellows/4045-jennifer-egan.
- ^ "Past Fellows". New York Public Library. http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/fellowships-institutes/center-for-scholars-and-writers/past-fellows#2004.
- ^ Bosman, Julie, Deborah Eisenberg Wins PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, New York Times, March 15, 2011
- ^ Bosman, Julie, Jennifer Egan and Isabel Wilkerson Win National Book Critics Circle Awards, New York Times, March 11, 2011
- ^ Discussion of "A Visit from the Goon Squad" in relation to her work as a whole: Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ Madison Smartt Bell (July 30, 2006). "Into the Labyrinth". The New York Times Book Review. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/books/review/30bell.html?ex=1156132800&en=5ebb02e43e212fd4&ei=5070.
External links[link]
- Jennifer Egan's website
- Reviews & Scores for The Keep at Metacritic.com
- Book Review at Boldtype.com
- "The Ghost in the Renovation" at This Old House website
- Reading report from Happy Endings with Peter Behrens and David Rakoff, published at bookishlove.net (Nov 2006)
- 2010 BOMB Magazine interview of Jennifer Egan by Heidi Julavitz
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| Date of birth | September 6, 1962 |
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| Kay Ryan | |
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| Born | (1945-09-21) September 21, 1945 (age 66) San Jose, California, USA |
| Occupation | Poet, Educator |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1970s-present |
| Genres | Poetry |
| Notable work(s) | The Best of It: New and Selected Poems (2010) |
| Notable award(s) | Guggenheim Fellowship (2004) Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2004) United States Poet Laureate (2008-2010) Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2011) MacArthur Fellowship (2011) |
| Partner(s) | Carol Adair (1978-2009†) |
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Kay Ryan (born September 21, 1945) is an American poet and educator. She has published seven volumes of poetry and an anthology of selected and new poems. Ryan was the sixteenth United States Poet Laureate,[1] from 2008 to 2010. She was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.[2]
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Biography[link]
Ryan was born in San Jose, California, and was raised in several areas of the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert.[3] After attending Antelope Valley College, she received bachelor's and master's degrees in English from University of California, Los Angeles.[4] Since 1971, she has lived in Marin County, California, and has taught English part-time at the College of Marin in Kentfield.[5] Carol Adair, who was also an instructor at the College of Marin, was Ryan's partner from 1978 until Adair's death in 2009.[6][7]
Her first collection, Dragon Acts to Dragon Ends, was privately published in 1983 with the help of friends.[8] While she found a commercial publisher for her second collection, Strangely Marked Metal (1985), her work went nearly unrecognized until the mid 1990s, when some of her poems were anthologized and the first reviews in national journals were published.[9] She became widely recognized following her receipt of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2004, and published her sixth collection of poetry, The Niagara River, in 2005.
In July 2008, the U.S. Library of Congress announced that Ryan would be the sixteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress for a one-year term commencing in Autumn 2008. She succeeded Charles Simic.[1] In April 2009, the Library announced that Ryan would serve a second one-year term extending through May 2010.[10] She was succeeded by W.S. Merwin in June 2010.[11]
She lives in Fairfax, in Marin County, CA.
Poetry[link]
The Poetry Foundation's website has characterized Ryan's poems as follows: "Like Emily Dickinson and Marianne Moore before her, Ryan delights in quirks of logic and language and teases poetry out of the most unlikely places. She regards the 'rehabilitation of clichés,' for instance, as part of the poet’s mission. Characterized by subtle, surprising rhymes and nimble rhythms, her compact poems are charged with sly wit and off-beat wisdom." J. D. McClatchy included Ryan in his 2003 anthology of contemporary American poetry.[12] He wrote in his introduction, "Her poems are compact, exhilarating, strange affairs, like Satie miniatures or Cornell boxes. ... There are poets who start with lived life, still damp with sorrow or uncertainty, and lead it towards ideas about life. And there are poets who begin with ideas and draw life in towards their speculations. Marianne Moore and May Swenson were this latter sort of artist; so is Kay Ryan."[12]
Ryan's poems are often quite short. In one of the first essays on Ryan, Dana Gioia wrote about this aspect of her poetry. "Ryan reminds us of the suggestive power of poetry–how it elicits and rewards the reader’s intellect, imagination, and emotions. I like to think that Ryan’s magnificently compressed poetry – along with the emergence of other new masters of the short poem like Timothy Murphy and H.L. Hix and the veteran maestri like Ted Kooser and Dick Davis – signals a return to concision and intensity."[9]
Many reviewers have noted an affinity between Ryan's poetry and Marianne Moore's.[13]
In addition to the oft-remarked affinity with Moore, affinities with poets May Swenson, Stevie Smith, Emily Dickinson, Wendy Cope, and Amy Clampitt have been noted by some critics. Thus Katha Pollitt wrote that Ryan's fourth collection, Elephant Rocks (1997), is "Stevie Smith rewritten by William Blake" but that Say Uncle (2000) "is like a poetical offspring of George Herbert and the British comic poet Wendy Cope."[14] Another reviewer of Say Uncle (2000) wrote of Ryan, "Her casual manner and nods to the wisdom tradition might endear her to fans of A. R. Ammons or link her distantly to Emily Dickinson. But her tight structures, odd rhymes and ethical judgments place her more firmly in the tradition of Marianne Moore and, latterly, Amy Clampitt."[15]
Ryan's wit, quirkiness, and slyness are often noted by reviewers of her poetry, but Jack Foley emphasizes her essential seriousness. In his review of Say Uncle he writes, "There is, in short, far more darkness than 'light' in this brilliant, limited volume. Kay Ryan is a serious poet writing serious poems, and she resides on a serious planet (a word she rhymes with 'had it'). Ryan can certainly be funny, but it is rarely without a sting."[16] Some of these disjoint qualities in her work are illustrated by her poem "Outsider Art", which Harold Bloom selected for the anthology The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997.
Ryan is also known for her extensive use of internal rhyme. She refers to her specific methods of using internal rhyme as "recombinant rhyme." She claims that she had a hard time "tak[ing] end-rhyme seriously," and uses recombinant rhyme to bring structure and form to her work. As for other types of form, Ryan claims that she cannot use them, stating that it is "like wearing the wrong clothes."[17]
Honors and awards[link]
Ryan's awards include a 1995 award from the Ingram Merrill Foundation,[1] the 2000 Union League Poetry Prize,[18] the 2001 Maurice English Poetry Award, a fellowship in 2001 from the National Endowment for the Arts,[19] a 2004 Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 2004 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her poems have been included in three Pushcart Prize anthologies,[20][21][22] and have been selected four times for The Best American Poetry;[23][24][25] "Outsider Art" was selected by Harold Bloom for The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997. Since 2006, Ryan has served as one of fourteen Chancellors of The Academy of American Poets.[26] On January 22, 2011, Ryan was listed as a finalist for the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award; on April 18, 2011, Ryan won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, for her collection The Best of It: New and Selected Poems.[27][28][29][30]
On September 20th, 2011, Ryan was awarded the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation MacArthur Fellows Program 'genius grant.' [31]
Poetry collections[link]
- 1983: Dragon Acts to Dragon Ends, 64 pages, Fairfax, California: Taylor Street Press, ISBN 0911407006
- 1985: Strangely Marked Metal, 50 pages, Providence, Rhode Island: Copper Beech Press, ISBN 0914278460
- 1994: Flamingo Watching, 63 pages, Providence, Rhode Island: Copper Beech Press, ISBN 0914278649
- 1996: Elephant Rocks, 84 pages, New York: Grove Press, ISBN 0802115861
- 2000: Say Uncle, New York: Grove Press, 80 pages, ISBN 0802137172
- 2005: The Niagara River, 72 pages, New York: Grove Press, ISBN 0802142222
- 2008: Jam Jar Lifeboat & Other Novelties Exposed, illustrated by Carl Dern. 40 pages, Red Berry Editions, ISBN 9780981578118
- 2010: The Best of It: New and Selected Poems, Grove Press, ISBN 978-0802119148
References[link]
- ^ a b c Raymond, Matt; Urschel, Donna (17 July 2008). "Librarian of Congress Appoints Kay Ryan Poet Laureate". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2008-07-18. http://www.webcitation.org/5ZOuDTVzW.
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows Program: Meet the 2011 Fellows". September 20, 2011. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7728991/k.12E8/Meet_the_2011_Fellows.htm. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ Kay Ryan (26 July 2006) (Video/Transcript). Kay Ryan Discusses New Collection of Poems. (Interview). Newshour with Jim Lehrer. PBS. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/july-dec06/poetry_07-26.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Hewitt, Alison (2008-07-17). "Kay Ryan, UCLA graduate in English, named 16th poet laureate of U.S.". UCLA. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/poet-laureate-53591.aspx. Retrieved 2008-09-12. Ryan received her B.A. in 1967 and her M.A. in 1968.
- ^ Cohen, Patricia (17 July 2008). "Kay Ryan, Outsider With Sly Style, Named Poet Laureate". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/books/17poet.html?ex=1374120000&en=a5a5e18fb6a6d6c9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Halstead, Richard (September 23, 2007). "Kay Ryan rises to the top despite her refusal to compromise". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_6975060. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Ashley, Beth (January 7, 2009). "Carol Adair, College of Marin instructor, dies at 66". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_11400223.
- ^ Ryan told Richard Halstead (Marin Independent Journal, 2007) that, "There is a certain onus on publishing one's own book. So, I wasn't terribly proud to be doing that. It was the act of a desperate woman, and it did me not a shred of good."
- ^ a b Gioia, Dana (Winter 1998–99). "Review: Discovering Kay Ryan". The Dark Horse (7). http://www.danagioia.net/essays/eryan.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ "Library of Congress Appoints Kay Ryan to Second Term as U.S. Poet Laureate". The Library of Congress. April 13, 2009. http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2009/09-073.html.
- ^ Kennicott, Philip (July 1, 2010). "W.S. Merwin, Hawaii-based poet, will serve as 17th U.S. laureate". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063005450.html. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
- ^ a b McClatchy, J. D. (2003). "Kay Ryan". The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry:Second Edition. Vintage Books. p. 530. ISBN 1400030955. McClatchy included the following poems in this anthology: "Paired Things", "Mirage Oases", "A Cat/A Future", "The Old Cosmologists", "That Will to Divest", and "Drops in the Bucket".
- ^ Muse, Charlotte (Autumn 1999). "Review: Elephant Rocks by Kay Ryan". The Able Muse. Archived from the original on 2000-09-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20000901075329/http://www.ablemuse.com/premiere/cmuse_review.htm.
- ^ Pollitt, Katha (November 8, 2000). "Shaking New Meanings Out of Worn Phrases". Slate.com. http://www.slate.com/id/2000213/. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ PW staff writers (24 July 2000). "Review: Say Uncle, Ryan, Kay (Author)". Publishers' Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070311014652/http://reviews.publishersweekly.com/bd.aspx?isbn=0802137172&pub=pw. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Foley, Jack. "Kay Ryan, Say Uncle". The Alsop Review. Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20061019191807/http://www.alsopreview.com/columns/foley/jlkayryan.html. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ^ Fay, Sarah. "Paris Review - The Art of Poetry No. 94, Kay Ryan". The Paris Review. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5889/the-art-of-poetry-no-94-kay-ryan. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Poetry Prizes: The Union League Civic and Arts Poetry Prize". Poetry. 2008. http://www.poetrymagazine.org/about/prizes.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18. See also the Union League article.
- ^ Mason, Eileen B. (2001) (.PDF). 2001 Annual Report: Individual Fellowships. National Endowment for the Arts. pp. 31. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20080626084757/http://www.nea.gov/about/01Annual/individuals.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
- ^ Ryan, Kay (1997). "Crib". In Henderson, Bill. The Pushcart Prize XXI: Best of the Small Presses, 1997 Edition. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press. p. 44. ISBN 0916366960. http://books.google.com/books?id=DDo1yct_UlQC&pg=PA14&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0&sig=ACfU3U138qq0S8T8ZB8r9Q3umG1dLp48OA#PPA16,M1. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ Ryan, Kay (1998). "Living with Stripes". In Henderson, Bill. The Pushcart Prize XXII: Best of the Small Presses, 1998 Edition. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1888889079. http://books.google.com/books?id=DDo1yct_UlQC&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0&sig=ACfU3U1SpVZT4xcsHid3qNlRBp62aCR50A. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ Ryan, Kay (2004). "Chinese Foot Chart". In Henderson, Bill. The Pushcart Prize XXIX: Best of the Small Presses, 2005 Edition. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press. ISBN 978-1888889390. http://www.enotes.com/poetry-journals/110229761. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ Ryan, Kay (1999). "That Will to Divest". In Lehman, David and Bly, Robert. The Best American Poetry 1999. Scribners.
- ^ Ryan, Kay (2005). "Home to Roost". In Lehman, David and Muldoon, Paul. The Best American Poetry 2005. Scribners. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20197.
- ^ Ryan, Kay (2006). "Thin". In Lehman, David and Collins, Billy. The Best American Poetry 2006. Scribners.
- ^ "Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets". Academy of American Poets. http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/34. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "For Immediate Release: The National Book Critics Circle Finalists for 2010 Awards". Poetry. 2010. http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/for_immediate_release_the_national_book_critics_circle_finalists_for_2010_a/. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
- ^ "Pulitzer Winner Kay Ryan on Poetry, Rhyming, and Terminal Cancer". The Wall Street Journal. April 19, 2011. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/04/19/pulitzer-winner-kay-ryan-on-poetry-rhyming-and-terminal-cancer/.
- ^ Rob Rogers (2011-04-18). "Fairfax's Kay Ryan awarded Pulitzer prize for poetry". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_17876324.
- ^ http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2011-Poetry
- ^ http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_18931939
External links[link]
- "Kay Ryan: Online Resources". The Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ryan/. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- Profile and poems of Kay Ryan at the Poetry Foundation.
- Sarah Fay (Winter 2008). "Kay Ryan, The Art of Poetry No. 94". The Paris Review. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5889/the-art-of-poetry-no-94-kay-ryan.
- Audio: Kay Ryan reading at the 2010 Key West Literary Seminar (29:52)
- Review of The Best of It by Dwight Garner in The New York Times.
- Essay by Dana Gioia "Discovering Kay Ryan". First published in The Dark Horse journal (No. 7, Winter 1998-99).
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| Born | (1960-11-10) 10 November 1960 (age 51) Portchester, Hampshire, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, graphic novelist and screenwriter |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1980s–present |
| Genres | Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction, Dark fantasy |
| Notable work(s) | The Sandman, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens |
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Neil Richard Gaiman ( /ˈɡeɪmən/;[3] born 10 November 1960[4]) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He has won numerous awards, including Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, Newbery Medal, and Carnegie Medal in Literature. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work.[5]
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Early life[link]
Gaiman's family is of Polish and other Eastern European Jewish origins;[6] his great-grandfather emigrated from Antwerp before 1914[7] and his grandfather eventually settled in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth and established a chain of grocery stores.[8] His father, David Bernard Gaiman,[9] worked in the same chain of stores;[8] his mother, Sheila Gaiman (née Goldman), was a pharmacist. He has two younger sisters, Claire and Lizzy.[10] After living for a period in the nearby town of Portchester, Hampshire, where Neil was born in 1960, the Gaimans moved in 1965 to the West Sussex town of East Grinstead where his parents studied Dianetics at the Scientology centre in the town; one of Gaiman's sisters works for the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles. His other sister, Lizzy Calcioli, has said, "Most of our social activities were involved with Scientology or our Jewish family. It would get very confusing when people would ask my religion as a kid. I’d say, 'I’m a Jewish Scientologist.'" Gaiman says that he is not a Scientologist, and that like Judaism, Scientology is his family's religion.[11]
Gaiman was able to read at the age of four. He said, "I was a reader. I loved reading. Reading things gave me pleasure. I was very good at most subjects in school, not because I had any particular aptitude in them, but because normally on the first day of school they'd hand out schoolbooks, and I'd read them--which would mean that I'd know what was coming up, because I'd read it."[2] One work that made a particular impression on him was J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings from his school library, although it only had the first two books in the trilogy. He consistently took them out and read them. He would later win the school English prize and the school reading prize, enabling him to finally acquire the third book in the trilogy.[2]
For his seventh birthday, Gaiman received C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. He later recalled that "I admired his use of parenthetical statements to the reader, where he would just talk to you...I'd think, 'Oh, my gosh, that is so cool! I want to do that! When I become an author, I want to be able to do things in parentheses.' I liked the power of putting things in brackets."[2] Another childhood favorite was Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which he called "a favourite forever. Alice was default reading to the point where I knew it by heart."[2] He also enjoyed Batman comics as a child.[2]
Gaiman was educated at several Church of England schools, includging Fonthill School in East Grinstead,[12] Ardingly College (1970–74), and Whitgift School in Croydon (1974–77).[13] His father's position as a public relations official of the Church of Scientology was the cause of the seven-year-old Gaiman being blocked from entering a boys' school, forcing him to remain at the school that he had previously been attending.[11][14] He lived in East Grinstead for many years, from 1965–1980 and again from 1984–1987.[12] He met his first wife, Mary McGrath, while she was studying Scientology and living in a house in East Grinstead that was owned by his father. The couple were married in 1985 after having their first child, Michael.[11]
Journalism, early writings, and literary influences[link]
As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, James Branch Cabell, Edgar Allan Poe, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K. Le Guin, Harlan Ellison, Rudyard Kipling, Lord Dunsany and G. K. Chesterton.[2] He later became a fan of science fiction, reading the works of authors as diverse as Alan Moore,[15] Samuel R. Delany, Roger Zelazny, Robert A. Heinlein, H. P. Lovecraft, Thorne Smith, and Gene Wolfe.[citation needed]
In the early 1980s, Gaiman pursued journalism, conducting interviews and writing book reviews, as a means to learn about the world and to make connections that he hoped would later assist him in getting published.[2] He wrote and reviewed extensively for the British Fantasy Society.[16] His first professional short story publication was "Featherquest", a fantasy story, in Imagine Magazine in May 1984, when he was 24.[17]
When waiting for a train at Victoria Station in 1984, Gaiman noticed a copy of Swamp Thing written by Alan Moore, and carefully read it. Moore's fresh and vigorous approach to comics had such an impact on Gaiman that he would later write; "that was the final straw, what was left of my resistance crumbled. I proceeded to make regular and frequent visits to London's Forbidden Planet shop to buy comics".[15]
In 1984, he wrote his first book, a biography of the band Duran Duran, as well as Ghastly Beyond Belief, a book of quotations, with Kim Newman.[2] Even though Gaiman thought he did a terrible job, the book's first edition sold out very quickly. When he went to relinquish his rights to the book, he discovered the publisher had gone bankrupt.[2][18] After this, he was offered a job by Penthouse. He refused the offer.[2]
He also wrote interviews and articles for many British magazines, including Knave. As he was writing for different magazines, some of them competing, and "wrote too many articles", he sometimes went by a number of pseudonyms: Gerry Musgrave, Richard Grey, "along with a couple of house names".[19] Gaiman ended his journalism career in 1987 because British newspapers can "make up anything they want and publish it as fact."[20][21]
In the late 1980s, he wrote Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion in what he calls a "classic English humour" style.[citation needed] Following on from that he wrote the opening of what would become his collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the comic novel Good Omens, about the impending apocalypse.[22]
Comics and graphic novels[link]
After forming a friendship with comic book writer Alan Moore,[15] Gaiman started writing comic books, picking up Marvelman after Moore finished his run on the series. Gaiman and artist Mark Buckingham collaborated on several issues of the series before its publisher, Eclipse Comics, collapsed, leaving the series unfinished. His first published comic strips were four short Future Shocks for 2000 AD in 1986–7. He wrote three graphic novels with his favorite collaborator and long-time friend Dave McKean: Violent Cases, Signal to Noise, and The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch. Impressed with his work, DC Comics hired him, and he wrote the limited series Black Orchid.[23] Karen Berger, who later became head of DC Comics's Vertigo, read Black Orchid and offered Gaiman a job: to re-write an old character, The Sandman, but to put his own spin on him.[2]
The Sandman tells the tale of the ageless, anthropomorphic personification of Dream that is known by many names, including Morpheus. The series began in December 1988 and concluded in March 1996: the 75 issues of the regular series, along with an illustrated prose text and a special containing seven short stories, have been collected into 12 volumes that remain in print (14 if the Death: The High Cost of Living spin-off is taken into account). Artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, and Malcolm Jones III, lettering by Todd Klein, colors by Daniel Vozzo, and covers by Dave McKean.[2]
In 1989, Gaiman published The Books of Magic (collected in 1991), a four-part mini-series that provided a tour of the mythological and magical parts of the DC Universe through a frame story about an English teenager who discovers that he is destined to be the world's greatest wizard. The miniseries was popular, and sired an ongoing series written by John Ney Rieber.
In the mid-90s, he also created a number of new characters and a setting that was to be featured in a title published by Tekno Comix. The concepts were then altered and split between three titles set in the same continuity: Lady Justice, Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man, and Teknophage.[24] They were later featured in Phage: Shadow Death and Wheel of Worlds. Although Gaiman's name appeared prominently on all titles, he was not involved in writing of any of the above-mentioned books (though he helped plot the zero issue of Wheel of Worlds).[citation needed]
Gaiman wrote a semi-autobiographical story about a boy's fascination with Michael Moorcock's anti-hero Elric of Melniboné for Ed Kramer's anthology Tales of the White Wolf. In 1996, Gaiman and Ed Kramer co-edited The Sandman: Book of Dreams. Nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the original fiction anthology featured stories and contributions by Tori Amos, Clive Barker, Gene Wolfe, Tad Williams, and others.
Asked why he likes comics more than other forms of storytelling Gaiman said “One of the joys of comics has always been the knowledge that it was, in many ways, untouched ground. It was virgin territory. When I was working on Sandman, I felt a lot of the time that I was actually picking up a machete and heading out into the jungle. I got to write in places and do things that nobody had ever done before. When I’m writing novels I’m painfully aware that I’m working in a medium that people have been writing absolutely jaw-droppingly brilliant things for, you know, three-four thousand years now. You know, you can go back. We have things like The Golden Ass. And you go, well, I don’t know that I’m as good as that and that’s two and a half thousand years old. But with comics I felt like – I can do stuff nobody has ever done. I can do stuff nobody has ever thought of. And I could and it was enormously fun.”[25]
In 2009, Gaiman wrote a two-part Batman story for DC Comics to follow Batman R.I.P. It is titled "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" a play off of the classic Superman story "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" by Alan Moore.[26][27][28] He also contributed a twelve-page Metamorpho story drawn by Mike Allred for Wednesday Comics, a weekly newspaper-style series.[29]
Novels[link]
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See also: Neil Gaiman bibliography#Novels
In a collaboration with author Terry Pratchett (best known for his series of Discworld novels), Gaiman's first novel Good Omens was published in 1990. In recent years Pratchett has said that while the entire novel was a collaborative effort and most of the ideas could be credited to both of them, Pratchett did a larger portion of writing and editing if for no other reason than Gaiman's scheduled involvement with Sandman.[30]
The 1996 novelization of Gaiman's teleplay for the BBC mini-series Neverwhere was his first solo novel. The novel was released in tandem with the television series though it presents some notable differences from the television series. In 1999 first printings of his fantasy novel Stardust were released. The novel has been released both as a standard novel and in an illustrated text edition.
American Gods became one of Gaiman's best-selling and multi-award winning novels upon its release in 2001.[31] A special 10th Anniversary edition was released, with the "author's preferred text" 12,000 words longer than the original mass-market editions. This is identical to the signed and numbered limited edition that was released by Hill House Publishers in 2003. This is also the version released by Headline, Gaiman's publisher in the UK, even before the 10th Anniversary edition. He did an extensive sold-out book tour celebrating the 10th Anniversary and promoting this edition in 2011.
In 2005, his novel Anansi Boys was released worldwide. The book deals with Anansi ('Mr. Nancy'), a supporting character in American Gods. Specifically it traces the relationship of his two sons, one semi-divine and the other an unaware Englishman of American origin, as they explore their common heritage. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.[32]
In late 2008, Gaiman released a new children's book, The Graveyard Book. It follows the adventures of a boy named Bod after his family is murdered and he is left to be brought up by a graveyard. It is heavily influenced by Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. As of late January 2009[update], it had been on the New York Times Bestseller children's list for fifteen weeks.[33]
As of 2008, Gaiman has several books planned. After a tour of China, he decided to write a non-fiction book about his travels and the general mythos of China. Following that, will be a new 'adult' novel (his first since 2005's Anansi Boys). After that, another 'all-ages' book (in the same vein as Coraline and The Graveyard Book). Following that, Gaiman says that he will release another non-fiction book called The Dream Catchers.[34] In December 2011, Gaiman announced that in January 2012 he would begin work on what is essentially, "American Gods 2."[35]
Film and screenwriting[link]
Gaiman wrote the 1996 BBC dark fantasy television series Neverwhere. He cowrote the screenplay for the movie MirrorMask with his old friend Dave McKean for McKean to direct. In addition, he wrote the localized English language script to the anime movie Princess Mononoke, based on a translation of the Japanese script.
He cowrote the script for Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf with Roger Avary, a collaboration that has proved productive for both writers.[36] Gaiman has expressed interest in collaborating on a film adaptation of the Epic of Gilgamesh.[37]
He was the only person other than J. Michael Straczynski to write a Babylon 5 script in the last three seasons, contributing the season five episode "Day of the Dead".
Gaiman has also written at least three drafts of a screenplay adaptation of Nicholson Baker's novel The Fermata for director Robert Zemeckis,[38][39] although the project was stalled while Zemeckis made The Polar Express and the Gaiman-Roger Avary written Beowulf film.
Neil Gaiman was featured in the History Channel documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked.
Several of Gaiman's original works have been optioned or greenlighted for film adaptation, most notably Stardust, which premiered in August 2007 and stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Claire Danes, directed by Matthew Vaughn. A stop-motion version of Coraline was released on 6 February 2009, with Henry Selick directing and Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher in the leading voice-actor roles.[40]
In 2007, Gaiman announced that after ten years in development, the feature film of Death: The High Cost of Living would finally begin production with a screenplay by Gaiman that he would direct for Warner Independent. Don Murphy and Susan Montford are the producers, and Guillermo del Toro is the film's executive producer.[41][42]
Seeing Ear Theatre performed two of Gaiman's audio theatre plays, "Snow, Glass, Apples", Gaiman's retelling of Snow White and "Murder Mysteries", a story of heaven before the Fall in which the first crime is committed. Both audio plays were published in the collection Smoke and Mirrors in 1998.[citation needed]
Gaiman's 2009 Newbery Medal winning book The Graveyard Book will be made into a movie, with Neil Jordan being announced as the director during Gaiman's appearance on The Today Show, 27 January 2009.[citation needed]
Gaiman wrote an episode of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who, broadcast in 2011 during Matt Smith's second series as the Doctor.[43][44] Shooting began in August 2010 for this story, whose original title was "The House of Nothing"[45] but has been retitled as "The Doctor's Wife.[46] In 2011, it was announced that Gaiman would be writing the script to a new film version of Journey to the West.[47][48]
Blog and Twitter[link]
In February 2001, when Gaiman had completed writing American Gods, his publishers set up a promotional web site featuring a weblog in which Gaiman described the day-to-day process of revising, publishing, and promoting the novel. After the novel was published, the web site evolved into a more general Official Neil Gaiman Website.[49]
Gaiman generally posts to the blog describing the day-to-day process of being Neil Gaiman and writing, revising, publishing, or promoting whatever the current project is. He also posts reader emails and answers questions, which gives him unusually direct and immediate interaction with fans. One of his answers on why he writes the blog is "because writing is, like death, a lonely business."[50]
The original American Gods blog was extracted for publication in the NESFA Press collection of Gaiman miscellany, Adventures in the Dream Trade.[51]
To celebrate the 7th anniversary of the blog, the novel American Gods was provided free of charge online for a month.[52]
Gaiman is an active user of the social networking site Twitter with over 1.6 million followers as of January 2012, using the username @neilhimself.[53] Gaiman also runs a Tumblr account on which he primarily answers fan questions.[54]
Personal life[link]
Home and family[link]
Gaiman lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[55][56][57] and has lived there since 1992. Gaiman moved there to be close to the family of his then-wife, Mary McGrath, with whom he has three children: Michael, Holly, and Madeleine.[2][58]
Gaiman is married to songwriter and performer Amanda Palmer. The couple publicly announced that they were dating in June 2009,[59][60] announced their engagement on Twitter on 1 January 2010,[61] and confirmed their engagement on their respective websites two weeks later.[62][63] On 16 November 2010, Amanda Palmer hosted a non-legally binding flash mob wedding for Gaiman's birthday in New Orleans.[64] They were legally married on 2 January 2011.[65] The wedding took place in the parlour of writers Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon.[66]
Friendship with Tori Amos[link]
One of Gaiman's most commented-upon friendships is with the musician Tori Amos, a Sandman fan who became friends with Gaiman after making a reference to "Neil and the Dream King" on her 1991 demo tape, and whom he included as a character (a talking tree) in Stardust.[67] Amos also mentions Gaiman in her songs, "Tear in Your Hand" ("If you need me, me and Neil'll be hangin' out with the dream king. Neil says hi by the way"),[68] "Space Dog" ("Where's Neil when you need him?"),[69] "Horses" ("But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree?"),[70] "Carbon" ("Get me Neil on the line, no I can't hold. Have him read, 'Snow, Glass, Apples' where nothing is what it seems"),[71] "Sweet Dreams" ("You're forgetting to fly, darling, when you sleep"),[71] and "Not Dying Today" ("Neil is thrilled he can claim he's mammalian, 'but the bad news,' he said, 'girl you're a dandelion'").[71] He also wrote stories for the tour book of Boys for Pele and Scarlet's Walk, a letter for the tour book of American Doll Posse, and the stories behind each girl in her album Strange Little Girls. Amos penned the introduction for his novel Death: the High Cost of Living, and posed for the cover. She also wrote a song called "Sister Named Desire" based on his Sandman character, which was included on his anthology, Where's Neil When You Need Him?.
Gaiman is godfather to Tori Amos's daughter Tash,[72] and wrote a poem called "Blueberry Girl" for Tori and Tash.[73] The poem has been turned into a book by the illustrator Charles Vess.[74] Gaiman read the poem aloud to an audience at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in San Francisco on 5 October 2008 during his book reading tour for The Graveyard Book.[75] It was published in March 2009 with the title, Blueberry Girl.
Litigation[link]
In 1993, Gaiman was contracted by Todd McFarlane to write a single issue of Spawn, a popular title at the newly created Image Comics company. McFarlane was promoting his new title by having guest authors Gaiman, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, and Dave Sim each write a single issue.
In issue #9 of the series, Gaiman introduced the characters Angela, Cogliostro, and Medieval Spawn. Prior to this issue, Spawn was an assassin who worked for the government and came back as a reluctant agent of Hell but had no direction. In Angela, a cruel and malicious angel, Gaiman introduced a character who threatened Spawn's existence, as well as providing a moral opposite. Cogliostro was introduced as a mentor character for exposition and instruction, providing guidance. Medieval Spawn introduced a history and precedent that not all Spawns were self-serving or evil, giving additional character development to Malebolgia, the demon that creates Hellspawn.
As intended,[76] all three characters were used repeatedly throughout the next decade by Todd McFarlane within the wider Spawn universe. In papers filed by Gaiman in early 2002, however, he claimed that the characters were jointly owned by their scripter (himself) and artist (McFarlane), not merely by McFarlane in his role as the creator of the series.[77][78] Disagreement over who owned the rights to a character was the primary motivation for McFarlane and other artists to form Image Comics (although that argument related more towards disagreements between writers and artists as character creators).[79] As McFarlane used the characters without Gaiman's permission or royalty payments, Gaiman believed his copyrighted work was being infringed upon, which violated their original, oral, agreement. McFarlane initially agreed that Gaiman had not signed away any rights to the characters, and negotiated with Gaiman to effectively 'swap' McFarlane's interest in the character Marvelman[80] (McFarlane believes he purchased interest in the character when Eclipse Comics was liquidated; Gaiman is interested in being able to continue his aborted run on that title) but later claimed that Gaiman's work had been work-for-hire and that McFarlane owned all of Gaiman's creations entirely. The presiding judge, however, ruled against their agreement being work for hire, based in large part on the legal requirement that "copyright assignments must be in writing."[81]
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court ruling in February 2004[82] granting joint ownership of the characters to Gaiman and McFarlane. On the specific issue of Cogliostro, presiding Judge John Shabaz proclaimed "The expressive work that is the comic-book character Count Nicholas Cogliostro was the joint work of Gaiman and McFarlane—their contributions strike us as quite equal—and both are entitled to ownership of the copyright".[83] Similar analysis lead to similar results for the other two characters, Angela and Medieval Spawn.
This legal battle was brought by Gaiman and the specifically formed Marvels and Miracles, LLC, which Gaiman created in order to help sort out the legal rights surrounding Marvelman (see the ownership of Marvelman sub-section of the Marvelman article). Gaiman wrote Marvel 1602 in 2003 to help fund this project.[84] All of Marvel Comics' profits for the original issues of the series went to Marvels and Miracles.[84] In 2009, Marvel Comics purchased Marvelman.[85]
Gaiman returned to court over three more Spawn characters, Dark Ages Spawn, Domina and Tiffany, that are claimed to be "derivative of the three he co-created with McFarlane."[86] The original three characters, whose first appearance was never reprinted in Spawn trade paperback collections, are just now appearing printed for the first time. The judge ruled that Gaiman was right in his claims and gave McFarlane until the start of September 2010 to settle matters.[87]
Gaiman is a major supporter and board member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.[88]
Literary allusions[link]
Gaiman's work is known for a high degree of allusiveness.[89] Meredith Collins, for instance, has commented upon the degree to which his novel Stardust depends on allusions to Victorian fairy tales and culture.[90] Particularly in The Sandman, literary figures and characters appear often; the character of Fiddler's Green is modelled visually on G. K. Chesterton, both William Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer appear as characters, as do several characters from within A Midsummer Night's Dream[91] and The Tempest. The comic also draws from numerous mythologies and historical periods. Such allusions are not unique to Sandman; Stardust, for example, also has a character called Shakespeare.
Clay Smith has argued that this sort of allusiveness serves to situate Gaiman as a strong authorial presence in his own works, often to the exclusion of his collaborators.[92] However, Smith's viewpoint is in the minority: to many, if there is a problem with Gaiman scholarship and intertextuality it is that "... his literary merit and vast popularity have propelled him into the nascent comics canon so quickly that there is not yet a basis of critical scholarship about his work."[93]
David Rudd takes a more generous view in his study of the novel Coraline, where he argues that the work plays and riffs productively on Sigmund Freud's notion of the Uncanny, or the Unheimlich.[94]
Though Gaiman's work is frequently seen as exemplifying the monomyth structure laid out in Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces,[95] Gaiman says that he started reading The Hero with a Thousand Faces but refused to finish it: "I think I got about half way through The Hero with a Thousand Faces and found myself thinking if this is true – I don’t want to know. I really would rather not know this stuff. I’d rather do it because it’s true and because I accidentally wind up creating something that falls into this pattern than be told what the pattern is."[96]
Selected awards and honours[link]
- 1991 World Fantasy Award for short fiction for the Sandman issue, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- 1991-1993 Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer
- 1997–2000 Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer nominations
- 1991 Favourite Comic Book Story for The Sandman[citation needed]
- 1994 Favourite Comic Book Story for The Sandman[citation needed]
- 1997 Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Defender of Liberty award [97]
- 1991 Locus and World Fantasy Awards nomination for Good Omens [98]
- 1999 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel nomination for Stardust [99]
- 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for the illustrated version of Stardust.[100]
- 2000 Hugo Award for Best Related Book nomination for The Sandman: The Dream Hunters [101]
- 2000 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative for The Sandman: The Dream Hunters[102]
- 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel for American Gods
- 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel for American Gods [103]
- 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel for American Gods [103]
- 2002 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for American Gods[104]
- 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella for Coraline
- 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella for Coraline
- 2003 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book for Coraline [105]
- 2003 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers for Coraline[106]
- 2004 Hugo Award for the story A Study in Emerald (in a ceremony the author presided over himself, having volunteered for the job before his story was nominated).
- 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative for The Sandman: Endless Nights
- 2004 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Scenario for The Sandman: Season of Mists[107]
- 2005 The William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie nomination for MirrorMask [108] The other nominated films were Green Street Hooligans, Nine Lives, Up for Grabs and Opie Gets Laid.[109]
- 2005 Quill Book Award for Graphic Novels for Marvel 1602 [110]
- 2006 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Anansi Boys
- 2006 The British Fantasy Awards for Best Novel for Anansi Boys.[111]
- 2006 Locus Fantasy Awards for Anansi Boys. The book was also nominated for a Hugo Award, but Gaiman asked for it to be withdrawn from the list of nominations, stating that he wanted to give other writers a chance, and it was really more fantasy than science fiction.[112]
- Gaiman has won 19 Eisner Awards for his comics work.[citation needed]
- 1990-1994 Squiddy Award for Best Writer and was named Best Writer of the 1990s in the Squiddy Awards for the decade.[citation needed]
- 2007 Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award [113]
- 2007 Comic-Con Icon award presented with the at the Scream Awards.[citation needed]
- 2009 Newbery Medal for The Graveyard Book[114]
- 2009 Audies: Children's 8–12 and Audiobook of the year for the audio version of The Graveyard Book.[115]
- 2009 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel shortlist for The Graveyard Book[116]
- 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novel for The Graveyard Book presented at the 2009 Worldcon in Montreal where he was also the Professional Guest of Honor.[117][118]
- 2009 The Booktrust Teenage Prize for The Graveyard Book
- 2010 Gaiman was selected as the Honorary Chair of National Library Week by the American Library Association.[119]
- 2010 Carnegie Medal in Literature for The Graveyard Book.[120][121]
- 2010 Locus Award for Best Short for An Invocation of Incuriosity, published in Songs of the Dying Earth[122]
- 2011 Locus Award for Best Short for The Thing About Cassandra, published in Songs of Love and Death[123]
- 2011 Locus Award for Best Novella for The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains, published in Stories[123]
- 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for "The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains" [124]
- 2011 Shirley Jackson Award for Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio (William Morrow) [124]
- 2011 Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (with Richard Clark) for The Doctor's Wife[125]
- 2012 Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of the Arts (Philadelphia) [126]
Bibliography[link]
Main article: Neil Gaiman bibliography
Notes[link]
- ^ "Gaiman Interrupted: An Interview with Neil Gaiman (Part 2)" conducted by Lawrence Person, Nova Express, Volume 5, Number 4, Fall/Winter 2000, page 5.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Biography Today. Detroit, Michigan: Omnigraphics. 2010. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-7808-1058-7.
- ^ "Author Name Pronunciation Guide – Neil Gaiman". Teachingbooks.net. http://www.teachingbooks.net/pronounce.cgi?aid=1433. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Comics Buyer's Guide #1636 (December 2007), p. 135
- ^ Flood, Alison (24 June 2010). "Neil Gaiman wins Carnegie Medal". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/24/neil-gaiman-carnegie-graveyard-book. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ Wagner, Hank; Golden, Christopher; Bissette, Stephen R. (2008). "The Interview". Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 447–449. ISBN 978-0-312-38765-5.
- ^ Gaiman, Neil. "journeys end", Neil Gaiman's Journal, 16 January 2009
- ^ a b Lancaster, James (11 October 2005). "Everyone has the potential to be great". The Argus (Brighton). pp. 10–11.
- ^ Lancaster, James (11 October 2005). "Everyone has the potential to be great". The Argus (Brighton). pp. 10–11. David Gaiman quote: "It's not me you should be interviewing. It's my son. Neil Gaiman. He's in the New York Times Bestsellers list. Fantasy. He's flavour of the month, very famous."
- ^ "Neil Gaiman Journal- december 20". Journal.neilgaiman.com. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008_12_01_archive.html. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ a b c Goodyear, Dana (25 January 2010). "Kid Goth". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/25/100125fa_fact_goodyear?currentPage=all.
- ^ a b "East Grinstead Hall of Fame – Neil Gaiman", East Grinstead Community Web Site.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman". Exclusive Books. Archived from the original on 20081204. http://web.archive.org/web/20081204103401/http://www.exclusivebooks.com/features/authors/ngaiman.php. Retrieved 20120202.
- ^ "Head Bars Son Of Cult Man". The Times: p. 2. 13 August 1968. http://cosmedia.freewinds.be/media/articles/tim130868.html. "A headmaster has refused the son of a scientologist entry to a preparatory school until, he says, the cult "clears its name". The boy, Neil Gaiman, aged 7, (...) Mr. David Gaiman, the father, aged 35, former South Coast businessman, has become in recent weeks a prominent spokesman in Britain for scientology, which has its headquarters at East Grinstead."
- ^ a b c Steven P. Olsen (2005) Neil Gaiman p.16-18. The Rosen Publishing Group. Retrieved 13 January 2011
- ^ "Neil Gaiman – About Neil". Neilgaiman.com. http://www.neilgaiman.com/about/biblio/biblioreviews/. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman – About Neil". Neilgaiman.com. http://www.neilgaiman.com/about/biblio/biblioss/. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Authors at Google - Neil Gaiman interview". Youtube.com. 2006-10-03. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LmfCGy_ZLg. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman – Rumour control". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 2009-01-02. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/01/rumour-control.html. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Kanazawa, Satoshi. "Psychology Today – British Newspapers Make Things Up". Psychologytoday.com. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201001/british-newspapers-make-things. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman – Journalism". Twitter.com. 2010-01-29. http://twitter.com/neilhimself/statuses/8379971068. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Science Fiction Weekly Interview[dead link]
- ^ Irvine, Alex (2008). "Black Orchid". In Dougall, Alastair. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 32–34. ISBN 0-7566-4122-5. OCLC 213309015.
- ^ "Teknophage". Neilgaiman.info. 2008-07-23. http://www.neilgaiman.info/Teknophage. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Ogline, Tim E.; "Myth, Magic and the Mind of Neil Gaiman", Wild River Review, 20 November 2007.
- ^ CCI: DC One Weekend Later – Gaiman on "Batman", Comic Book Resources, 27 July 2008
- ^ SDCC '08 – More on Gaiman-Batman with Dan DiDio, Newsarama, 27 July 2008
- ^ DC at Comic-Con ’08 Mike Marts, Newsarama Video, 27 July 2008
- ^ Minnick, Remy (30 January 2009). "Gaiman & Allred on Metamorpho". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19775. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "L Space – Words from the Master". Lspace.org. http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/words-from-the-master.html. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "American Gods wins a Hugo!". Neilgaiman.com. 2002-09-17. http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/About_Neil/Press_Releases/American_Gods_wins_a_Hugo!. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Best-Seller Lists: Hardcover Fiction". The New York Times (NYTimes.com). 9 October 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/bestseller/1009besthardfiction.html. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Beyond Tea", Neil Gaiman's journal, 19 November 2008
- ^ "From Las Vegas", Neil Gaiman's journal, 6 November 2008
- ^ "Neil Gaiman - The Wheeler Centre: Books, Writing, Ideas". The Wheeler Centre. 2011-12-22. http://wheelercentre.com/videos/video/neil-gaiman/?t=17m11s#. Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary: Shaping Beowulf's story, video interview with stv.tv
- ^ Ambrose, Tom (December 2007). "He Is Legend". Empire. p. 142.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Film Work". Neil Gaiman. 13 August 2007. http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/Cool_Stuff/Essays/Essays_About_Neil/Neil_Gaiman's_Film_Work. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman Takes Hollywood". UGO.com. http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17624. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ Coraline (2009). IMDb.
- ^ Sanchez, Robert (2 August 2006). "Neil Gaiman on Stardust and Death: High Cost of Living!". IESB.net. http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105&Itemid=42. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
- ^ Gaiman, Neil (9 January 2007). "The best film of 2006 was...". Neil Gaiman's Journal. Neil Gaiman. http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/labels/Death%20movie.html. Retrieved 25 February 2007.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE Neil Gaiman Confirms Doctor Who Episode". SFX. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/02/06/exclusive_neil_gaiman_confirms_doctor_who_episode/. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ Author Neil Gaiman to guest star on The Simpsons BBC News Retrieved 13 January 2011
- ^ Masters, Tim (24 May 2010). "Neil Gaiman reveals power of writing Doctor Who". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10146657.stm. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Title Of the Neil Gaiman Episode Revealed". SFX. 28 March 2011. http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/03/28/doctor-who-title-of-the-neil-gaiman-episode-revealed/. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Journal: A quick in and out". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 2011-03-12. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/03/quick-in-and-out.html. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Coonan, Clifford (10 March 2011). "Neil Gaiman to script 'Journey'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033705.
- ^ "Official Neil Gaiman Website". Neilgaiman.com. http://neilgaiman.com/. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's journal, 2/11/2008". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 2008-02-11. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/02/m-is-for-mirrors-youll-stare-in-forever.html. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Adventures in the Dream Trade: Table of Contents". www.nefsa.org. NEFSA Press. http://www.nesfa.org/press/Books/Gaiman.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Gaiman, Neil. "Death, and Free Revisited". Neil Gaiman Journal. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/02/death-and-free-revisited.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman (neilhimself) on Twitter". https://twitter.com/#!/neilhimself. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman". http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com.
- ^ Rabinovitch, Dina (12 December 2005). "A writer's life: Neil Gaiman". London: The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/12/11/bokgaiman.xml. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ McGinty, Stephen (25 February 2006). "Dream weaver". The Scotsman. http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=290282006.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman – Biography". Biography. http://www.neilgaiman.com/about/biography/. Retrieved 21 June 2006.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Journal: All Questions, All the Time". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 11 April 2009. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/04/all-questions-all-time.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ Yu, Kathryn (4 June 2009). "Two Lovers". Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman Perform Together in NYC (SPIN). http://www.spin.com/gallery/amanda-palmer-neil-gaiman-perform-together-nyc?page=1#main. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ Gaiman, Neil (1/15/10). "Telling the World: An Official Announcement". http://journal.neilgaiman.com. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/01/telling-world-official-announcement.html. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ "Twitter / Amanda Palmer: new years was all that and". Twitter.com. http://twitter.com/amandapalmer/status/7272917210. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Journal: Telling the World: An Official Announcement". journal.neilgaiman.com. 15 January 2010. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/01/telling-world-official-announcement.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Telling the World". blog.amandapalmer.net. 15 January 2010. http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/336390559/telling-the-world. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Still Life with Wedding Party". blog.amandapalmer.net. 17 November 2010. http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/1597897908/still-life-with-wedding-party. Retrieved 17 November 2010. "Neil Gaiman's Journal: The Wedding Mystery Explained". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 17 November 2010. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/11/wedding-mystery-explained.html. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ Zutter, Natalie. "Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Marry". Ology Magazine. http://www.ology.com/celebs-and-gossip/amanda-palmer-and-neil-gaiman-marry. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ bleedingcool.com , 3 January 2011.
- ^ Tori Amos, "Tear in Your Hand," Little Earthquakes
- ^ "Tear In Your Hand". Everything Tori. http://everythingtori.com/go/galleries/view/312/2/31/albums. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Space Dog". Everything Tori. http://everythingtori.com/go/galleries/view/378/3/28/albums. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Beauty Queen/ Horses". Everything Tori. http://everythingtori.com/go/galleries/view/234/1/26/albums. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ a b c "Carbon". Everything Tori. http://everythingtori.com/go/galleries/view/220/1/30/albums. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Journal: listening to unresolving". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 30 November 2004. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/11/listening-to-unresolving.asp. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Journal: Blueberry Girls". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 7 July 2007. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2007/07/blueberry-girls.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "News from Green Man Press " Blog Archive " Blueberry Wanderings". Green Man Press. 6 July 2007. http://greenmanpress.com/news/archives/185. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman's Journal: Chapter Six in San Francisco yesterday". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 6 October 2008. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/10/chapter-six-in-san-francisco-yesterday.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ See Judge Shabaz's ruling for the legal reasoning: "As a co-owner, McFarlane was not violating the Copyright Act by unilaterally publishing the jointly owned work, but, as in any other case of conversion or misappropriation, he would have to account to the other joint owner for the latter's share of the profits."
- ^ Listen to the "Oral Argument," List of Documents in case: 03-1331 : Gaiman, Neil v. McFarlane, Todd. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ See also the official decision by Judge John Shabaz in The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Nos. 03–1331, 03–1461. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ See Khoury, George, Image Comics: The Road To Independence (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2007), ISBN 1-893905-71-3
- ^ See Judge Shabaz's ruling: "A tentative agreement was reached that... Gaiman would exchange his rights in Medieval Spawn and Cogliostro for McFarlane's rights in another comic book character, Miracleman."
- ^ Judge Shabaz, Official ruling, as per "Schiller & Schmidt, Inc. v. Nordisco Corp., 969 F.2d 410, 413 (7th Cir. 1992)"
- ^ Yarbrough, Beau (3 October 2002). "Gaiman in Stunning Victory over McFarlane in Spawn Case: Jury Finds for Gaiman on All Counts". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=1513. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ See Judge Shabaz's ruling for similar statements on Angela and Medieval Spawn.
- ^ a b Weiland, Jonah (27 June 2003). "Marvel's "1602" Press Conference". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=2308. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ Phegley, Kiel (24 July 2009). "CCI: Marvel Acquires Marvelman". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=22206. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Treleven, Ed (25 May 2010). "Gaiman takes on McFarlane in Wis. federal court comic book clash". Wisconsin State Journal. http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_03bae1b4-684e-11df-84dd-001cc4c03286.html. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ Melrose, Kevin (21 July 2010). "Judge rules Dark Ages Spawn, Domina and Tiffany are derivative characters". Robot 6. Comic Book Resources. http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/07/judge-rules-dark-ages-spawn-domina-and-tiffany-are-derivative-characters/. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman Talks Sandman, CBLDF on NPR". 19 September 2003. http://www.cbldf.org/articles/archives/000152.shtml. Retrieved 22 September 2008. [dead link]
- ^ See particularly Rodney Sharkey, James Fleming, and Zuleyha Cetiner-Oktem's articles in ImageTexT's special issue on Gaiman's work: [1].
- ^ Collins, Meredith. "Fairy and Faerie: Uses of the Victorian in Neil Gaiman's and Charles Vess's Stardust." ImageTexT 4.1. [2]
- ^ See this detailed analysis: [3].
- ^ Smith, Clay. "Get Gaiman?: PolyMorpheus Perversity in Works by and about Neil Gaiman." ImageTexT 4.1. [4]
- ^ "A Special Issue on the Works of Neil Gaiman, Introduction". English.ufl.edu. http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/archives/v4_1/introduction.shtml. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Rudd, David "An Eye for an 'I': Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and the Question of Identity" Children’s Literature and Education 39(3), 2008, pp. 159–168 [5]
- ^ See Stephen Rauch, Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and Joseph Campbell: In Search of the Modern Myth, Wildside Press, 2003
- ^ Ogline, Tim E.. "The Wild River Review, "Interview with the Dream King"". Wildriverreview.com. http://www.wildriverreview.com/worldvoices-neilgaiman.php. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Gaiman's LDF award
- ^ "1991 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1991. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- ^ "1999 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1999. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- ^ "Mythypoeic Awards – Winners". Mythopoeic Society. http://www.mythsoc.org/awards/winners/. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Hugo Awards". Locusmag.com. 2 September 2000. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2000.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards:2000 Bram Stoker Awards". Locusmag.com. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Stoker2000.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ a b "2002 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2002. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- ^ Locus Magazine (2002). "Locus Award Winners by Category". Locus Magazine. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusWinsByCategory.html. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- ^ Locus Magazine (2003). "Locus Award Winners by Category". Locus Magazine. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/LocusWinsByCategory.html. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2003 Bram Stoker Awards". Locusmag.com. 7 June 2003. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Stoker2003.html. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ Weiland, Jonah. "SANDMAN: SEASON OF MISTS' WINS AT ANGOULEME". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=3080. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ von Busack, Richard (8 March 2006). "Sunnyvale". Metroactive. http://www.metroactive.com/metro/03.08.06/sunnyvale-0610.html. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- ^ Tyler, Joshua (10 January 2006). "Shatner Gets His Own Award". Cinema Blend. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Shatner-Gets-His-Own-Award-2037.html. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
- ^ Quills Foundation (2005). "The Quill Awards: The 2005 Awards". TheQuills.Org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071228234826/http://www.thequills.org/2005.html. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
- ^ "2006 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2006. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
- ^ "Hugo words…". Neil Gaiman's homepage. 27 August 2006. http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2006/08/hugo-words.html. Retrieved 17 April 2007.
- ^ "The Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award". Comic-con.org. 2011-07-22. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_clampett.shtml. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Gaiman's blog, 26 January 2009". Journal.neilgaiman.com. 2009-01-26. http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/01/insert-amazed-and-delighted-swearing.html. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Finally not a bridesmaid actually". http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/finally-not-bridesmaid-actually.html.
- ^ "British Fantasy Awards 2009: the Shortlist!". Britishfantasysociety.org.uk. 1 August 2009. http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl%20e&id=194&Itemid=35. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "The Hugo Awards: 2009 Hugo Award Winners". 9/8/09. http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/08/2009-hugo-award-winners/. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman gewinnt den Hugo Award" (in German). Der Standard. 14 August 2009. http://derstandard.at/fs/1250003492265/Preise-Neil-Gaiman-gewinnt-den-Hugo-Award. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman named Honorary Chair of National Library Week". 12 October 2009. http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/october2009/nlwgaiman_pio.cfm. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman wins children's book prize". BBC News. 25 June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10404624.stm. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ "The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards". 25 June 2010. http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/2010awards/. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ "2010 Locus Awards Winners". http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/06/2010-locus-awards-winners/.
- ^ a b "2011 Locus Awards Winners". http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/06/locus-awards-2011-winners/.
- ^ a b "2011 Shirley Jackson Awards". http://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/sja_2010_winners.php.
- ^ "Announcing the 2011 Nebula Awards Winners". Tor Books. May 19, 2012. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/05/announcing-the-2011-nebula-awards-winners.
- ^ "Neil Gaiman Headlines 134th Commencement: Award-winning author, graphic novelist tells graduates to 'be fearless' and 'make good art'". University of the Arts (Philadelphia). http://uarts.edu/news/2012/05/neil-gaiman-headlines-134th-commencement. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
References[link]
- Bender, Hy (1999). The Sandman Companion. New York: Vertigo DC Comics. ISBN 1-56389-644-3.
- Neil Gaiman Bibliography
- Neil Gaiman at the Grand Comics Database
- Neil Gaiman at the Comic Book DB
- Neil Gaiman at the Internet Book List
- Neil Gaiman at the Internet Movie Database
- Neil Gaiman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- An Evening with Neil Gaiman @ Your Library
- In-depth interview: Neil Gaiman in conversation with Tom Chatfield
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| Occupation | Historian, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1968 – current |
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David Gaub McCullough (pronounced /məˈkʌlə/; born July 7, 1933) is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer.[2] He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.[2][3]
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968); and he has since written eight more on such topics as Harry S Truman, John Adams, and the Brooklyn Bridge. McCullough has also narrated multiple documentaries, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit; and he hosted American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize-winning books, Truman and John Adams, have been adapted by HBO into a TV film and a mini-series, respectively. McCullough's most recent work, The Greater Journey, about Americans in Paris from the 1830s to the 1900s, was released on May 24, 2011.[4]
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Life and career[link]
Youth and education[link]
McCullough was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[5] the son of Ruth (née Rankin) and Christian Hax McCullough.[6] He is of Scotch-Irish descent.[7] He was educated at Linden Avenue Grade School and Shady Side Academy, in his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[8] One of four sons, McCullough had a "marvelous" childhood with a wide range of interests, including sports and drawing cartoons.[9] McCullough's parents and his grandmother, who read to him often, introduced him to books at an early age.[7] His parents talked openly about history, a topic he feels should be discussed more often.[7] McCullough "loved school, every day";[9] he contemplated many career choices ranging from architect, actor, painter, writer, lawyer, and even attending medical school.[9]
In 1951, McCullough began attending Yale University.[10] He believed that it was a "privilege" to study English at Yale because of faculty members such as John O'Hara, John Hersey, Robert Penn Warren, and Brendan Gill.[11] McCullough occasionally ate lunch with Pulitzer Prize-winning[12] novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder.[11] Wilder, says McCullough, taught him that a competent writer maintains "an air of freedom" in the storyline, so that a reader won't anticipate the outcome, even if the book happens to be non-fiction.[1]
While at Yale, he became a member of Skull and Bones.[13] He served apprenticeships at Time, Life, the United States Information Agency, and American Heritage.,[11] where he found enjoyment in research. "Once I discovered the endless fascination of doing the research and of doing the writing, I knew I had found what I wanted to do in my life."[11] While attending Yale, McCullough studied Arts and achieved his Bachelor's degree in English, with the intention of becoming a fiction writer or playwright.[7] He graduated with honors in English literature (1955).[14][15]
Writing career[link]
Early career[link]
After graduation, McCullough moved to New York City, where the recently formed Sports Illustrated hired him as a trainee.[9] He was later hired by the United States Information Agency, in Washington, D.C., as an editor and writer.[5] After working for twelve years, including a position at American Heritage, with a consistent concentration on editing and writing, McCullough "felt that [he] had reached the point where [he] could attempt something on [his] own."[9] McCullough "had no anticipation that [he] was going to write history, but [he] stumbled upon a story that [he] thought was powerful, exciting, and very worth telling."[9] While working at American Heritage, McCullough wrote in his spare time for three years.[9][16] The Johnstown Flood, a chronicle of one of the worst flood disasters in United States history, was released in 1968[9] to high praise by critics.[17] John Leonard, of The New York Times, said of McCullough, "We have no better social historian."[17] Despite rough financial times,[10] McCullough, with encouragement from his wife, Rosalee, made the decision to become a full-time writer.[18]
"People often ask me if I'm working on a book. That's not how I feel. I feel like I work in a book. It's like putting myself under a spell. And this spell, if you will, is so real to me that if I have to leave my work for a few days, I have to work myself back into the spell when I come back. It's almost like hypnosis."[19]
Gaining recognition[link]
After the success of The Johnstown Flood, two new publishers offered him contracts, one to write about the Great Chicago Fire and another about the San Francisco earthquake.[20] However, Simon & Schuster, publisher of The Johnstown Flood, also offered McCullough a contract to write a second book.[10] Trying not to become "Bad News McCullough",[20] he decided to write about a subject showing "people were not always foolish and inept or irresponsible."[20] Remembering the words of his Yale teacher, "[Thornton] Wilder said he got the idea for a book or a play when he wanted to learn about something. Then, he'd check to see if anybody had already done it, and if they hadn't, he'd do it."[10] McCullough decided to write a history of the Brooklyn Bridge, which he had walked across many times.[10]
"To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is."
– David McCullough[11]
He also proposed, from a suggestion by his editor,[7] a work about the Panama Canal; both were accepted by the publisher.[10] Published in 1972, critics hailed The Great Bridge as "the definitive book on the event."[21] Five years later, The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal was released, gaining McCullough widespread attention for the first time.[10] The book won the National Book Award in History,[22] the Samuel Eliot Morison Award,[23] the Francis Parkman Prize,[24] and the Cornelius Ryan Award.[25] Later in 1977, McCullough travelled to the White House to advise Jimmy Carter and the United States Senate on the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which would give Panama control of the Canal.[23] Carter later said that the treaties, which were agreed upon to hand over ownership of the Canal to Panama, would not have passed, had it not been for the book.[23]
"The story of people"[link]
McCullough's fourth work was his first biography, reinforcing his belief that "history is the story of people".[26] Released in 1981, Mornings on Horseback tells the story of seventeen years in the life of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.[27] The work, ranging from 1869, when Roosevelt was ten years old, to 1886, tells of a "life intensely lived."[27] The book won McCullough's second National Book Award[28][a] and his first Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography and New York Public Library Literary Lion Award.[29] Next, he released Brave Companions, a collection of essays that "unfold seamlessly".[30] Written over twenty years, the book[31] includes works about Louis Agassiz, Alexander von Humboldt, John and Washington Roebling, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Conrad Aiken, and Frederic Remington.[31] McCullough's next book and second biography continued the trend of writing about American presidents—Truman (1993) about the 33rd president. The book won McCullough his first Pulitzer Prize, in the category of "Best Biography or Autobiography."[32] Two years later, the book was adapted as Truman, a television movie by HBO, starring Gary Sinise as Truman.[10]
"I think it's important to remember that these men are not perfect. If they were marble gods, what they did wouldn't be so admirable. The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them."
– David McCullough[33]
Working for the next seven years,[34] McCullough released John Adams (2001), his third biography about a United States president. One of the fastest-selling non-fiction books in history,[10] the book won McCullough's second Pultizer Prize for "Best Biography or Autobiography."[32] It began as a book about founding fathers and back-to-back presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams; but Jefferson was eventually dropped, and the book focused solely on Adams.[33] HBO returned to McCullough's works to adapt John Adams.[35] Premiering in 2008, the seven-part miniseries starred Academy Award-nominated actor Paul Giamatti in the title role.[35] The DVD version of the miniseries includes the biopic, "David McCullough: Painting with Words."
McCullough's 1776, tells the story of the founding year of the United States, focusing on George Washington, the amateur army, and other struggles for independence.[34] Because of McCullough's popularity, its initial printing was 1.25 million copies, many more than the average history book.[3] Upon its release, the book was a number one best-seller in the United States.[34] A miniseries adaptation of 1776 was rumored.
McCullough considered writing a sequel to 1776.[34] However, he signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to do a work about Americans in Paris between 1830 and 1900, The Greater Journey, which was released in May 2011. The book covers 19th-century Americans like Mark Twain and Samuel Morse, who migrated to Paris and went on to achieve importance in culture or innovation. Other subjects include Elihu Washburne, the American ambassador to France during the Franco-Prussian War, and Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in the United States.[36]
Personal life[link]
David McCullough currently lives in Boston and is married to Rosalee Barnes McCullough, whom he met at age 17, in Pittsburgh. The couple have five children and eighteen grandchildren.[37] He enjoys sports, history and art, including watercolor and portrait painting.[38]
Awards and accolades[link]
McCullough has received numerous awards throughout his career, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in December 2006, the highest civilian award that a United States citizen can receive.[3] In 1995 the National Book Foundation conferred its lifetime Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.[39] McCullough has been awarded over 40 honorary degrees, including one from the Eastern Nazarene College in John Adams' hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts.[40] For his writing, McCullough has received two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, two Francis Parkman Prizes, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and New York Public Library’s Literary Lion Award, among others.[16][41] McCullough was chosen to deliver the first annual John Hersey Lecture at Yale University on March 22, 1993. (Author, Yale alumnus, and Yale writing professor John Hersey died later that year.)[42] He is a member of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship[43] and the Academy of Achievement.[44] In 2003, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected McCullough for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities.[45] McCullough's lecture was entitled "The Course of Human Events";[46]
In 1995, McCullough received the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. The Helmerich Award is presented annually by the Tulsa Library Trust.
McCullough has been called a "master of the art of narrative history."[47] New York Times critic John Leonard wrote that McCullough was "incapable of writing a page of bad prose."[26] His works have been published in ten languages, over nine million copies have been printed,[7] and all of his books are still in print.[2]
Works[link]
Books[link]
| Title | Year | Awards[48] |
|---|---|---|
| The Johnstown Flood | 1968 | |
| The Great Bridge | 1972 | |
| The Path Between the Seas | 1977 | National Book Award – 1978[22] Francis Parkman Prize – 1978 Samuel Eliot Morison Award – 1978 Cornelius Ryan Award – 1978 |
| Mornings on Horseback | 1981 | National Book Award – 1982[28][a] |
| Brave Companions | 1992 | |
| Truman | 1992 | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography – 1993[32] The Colonial Dames of America Annual Book Award – 1993 |
| John Adams | 2001 | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography – 2002[32] |
| 1776 | 2005 | American Compass Best Book – 2005 |
| In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story | 2010 | |
| The Greater Journey | 2011 |
Narrations[link]
McCullough has narrated many television shows and documentaries throughout his career. In addition to narrating the 2003 film Seabiscuit, McCullough hosted PBS's American Experience from 1988–1999.[33] McCullough has also narrated numerous documentaries directed by Ken Burns, including Emmy Award winning The Civil War,[33] Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge,[49] The Statue of Liberty,[50] and The Congress.[51]
List of films presented or narrated[link]
- Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
- Smithsonian World (5 episodes, 1984–1988)
- The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984)
- The Statue of Liberty (1985)
- Huey Long (1985)
- A Man, A Plan, A Canal : Panama (NOVA) (1987)
- The Congress (1988)
- The Civil War (9 episodes, 1990)
- American Experience (23 episodes, 1991–2006)
- Coney Island (1991)
- The Donner Party (1992)
- D-Day Remembered (1994)
- Napoleon-PBS Empires Special (2000)
- Seabiscuit (2003)
Notes[link]
- ^ a b Mornings on Horseback won the 1982 award for hardcover "Autobiography/Biography".
From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Award history there were dual hardcover and paperback awards in most categories, and several nonfiction subcategories including General Nonfiction. Most of the paperback award-winners were reprints, including the 1982 Autobiography/Biography.
References[link]
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- ^ a b c "Biography at Simon & Schuster". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20080606224818/http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=328883&agid=13. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
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- ^ Books – The Greater Journey, Simon and Schuster.com. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
- ^ a b "David McCullough Biography". Academy of Achievement. 2005-02-02. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mcc2bio-1. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ "David McCullough". National Book Awards Acceptance Speeches. National Book Foundation. http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaacceptspeech_dmccullough.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
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- ^ "Biography". Thorton Wilder Society. http://www.tcnj.edu/~wilder/biography/frame.html. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
- ^ Robbins, Alexandra (2002). Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 127. ISBN 0-316-72091-7.
- ^ "YALE News Release" (Press release). Yale University. 1998-05-25. http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/98-05-25-01.all.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ "David McCullough". PBS.com. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/bios/mccullough.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ a b "David McCullough biography: The Citizen Chronicler". National Endowment for the Humanities. http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/mccullough/biography.html. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ a b "Johnstown Flood: Reviews and Praise". ElectricEggplant. http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/flood_reviews.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ "David McCullough Profile". Academy of Achievement. 2005-02-02. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/mcc2pro-1. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ Fein, Esther (1992-08-12). "TALKING HISTORY WITH: David McCullough; Immersed in Facts, The Better to Imagine Harry Truman's Life". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/12/garden/talking-history-with-david-mccullough-immersed-facts-better-imagine-harry-truman.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ a b c Leslie Shaver (2003-04). "A Painter of Words About the Past". Special Libraries Association. http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/2003annual/confevents/mccullough.cfm. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ "The Great Bridge: Reviews and Praise". ElectricEggplant. http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/bridge_reviews.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b "National Book Awards – 1978". National Book Foundation. http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1978.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b c "Samuel Eliot Morison Award 1978". AmericanHeritage.com. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1978/6/1978_6_107.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Francis Parkman Prize". Book Awards. LoveTheBook.com. http://www.lovethebook.com/Awards.aspx?wid=283&pg=4&bn=9&pbn=1000. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Cornelius Ryan Award". Overseas Press Club of America. http://www.opcofamerica.org/opc_awards/archive/byaward/award_ryan.php. Retrieved 2008-04-24. [dead link]
- ^ a b Paul Giambarba. "History is the Story of People. Not Events". CapeArts2. http://www.giambarba.com/mccullough/mccullough.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b "Mornings on Horseback". ElectricEggplant. http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/mornings.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ a b "National Book Awards – 1982". National Book Foundation. http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1982.html. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ "Mornings on Horseback". SimonSays.com. http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=814&pid=414119. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ Andriani, Lynn (2008-03-17). "McCullough and S&S: 40 Years". Publishers Weekly. http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6542965.html?q=David+McCullough. Retrieved 2008-04-25. [dead link]
- ^ a b "From Publishers Weekly". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671792768. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ a b c d "Biography or Autobiography". Past winners and finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
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- ^ a b "David McCullough's biography 'John Adams' becomes HBO miniseries". The Dallas Morning News. 2008-03-08. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-johnadams_0315gl.ART0.State.Edition1.464fbd1.html. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
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- ^ "Distinguished Contribution to American Letters". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
(With acceptance speech by McCullough and ex-post introduction by one of his publishers.) - ^ Tziperman Lotan, Gal (May 17, 2009). "McCullough tells Eastern Nazarene graduates their education is just beginning". The Patriot Ledger. http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2003/03/21/news/export30841.txt. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
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- ^ "The Congress: About the Film". PBS. http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/congress/about/. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
External links[link]
- David McCullough at Simon and Schuster
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- David McCullough on Charlie Rose
- David McCullough at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about David McCullough in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- David McCullough collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- A film clip "The Past as an Act of Faith…In Print and On The Air (1992)" is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Elizabeth Gaffney and Benjamin Ryder Howe (Fall 1999). "David McCullough, The Art of Biography No. 2". The Paris Review. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/894/the-art-of-biography-no-2-david-mccullough.
- Speech Transcript: "Knowing History and Knowing Who We Are" at Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar on the topic, “American History and America’s Future.”
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| Name | McCullough, David Gaub |
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| Date of birth | 1933-07-07 |
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