David Halberstam (1934–2007)
Auteur van The Best and the Brightest
Over de Auteur
David Halberstam was born on April 10, 1934 in New York City and later attended Harvard University. After graduating in 1955, Halberstam worked at a small daily newspaper until he attained a position at the Nashville Tennessean. Halberstam has written over 20 books including The Children, a written toon meer account of his coverage of the Civil Rights Movement; The Best and Brightest, which was a bestseller; and The Game and October, 1964, both detailing his fascination of sports. Halberstam also won a Pulitzer Prize for his reports on the Vietnam War while working for the New York Times. He was killed in a car crash on April 23, 2007 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:
(eng) Do not combine David Halberstam and David J. Halberstam. They are different authors.
Fotografie: David Halberstam attend The 5th Annual POETRY & THE CREATIVE MIND at Alice Tully Hall on April 11, 2007 in New York City
Werken van David Halberstam
The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal (1985) 241 exemplaren
The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam during the Kennedy Era (1964) — Auteur — 153 exemplaren
The Noblest Roman 5 exemplaren
David Halberstam on Sports: Summer of '49, October 1964, The Amateurs, Playing for Keeps (2018) 2 exemplaren
Japan society 1 exemplaar
Vietnam oder wird der Dschungel entlaubt? 1 exemplaar
最寒冷的冬天 1 exemplaar
The Making of a Quagmire - An Uncompromising Account of Our Precarious Commitment in Viet Nam 1 exemplaar
The Coldest War - America and the Korean War 1 exemplaar
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Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Medewerker — 429 exemplaren
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Medewerker — 387 exemplaren
American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm (2001) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 128 exemplaren
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Medewerker — 90 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1934-04-10
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2007-04-23
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Menlo Park, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- car accident
- Woonplaatsen
- Yonkers, New York, USA
Winsted, Connecticut, USA
Bronx, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Harvard College (AB|1955)
- Beroepen
- news journalist
sports journalist
war reporter - Organisaties
- The Tennesseean
The New York Times - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Pulitzer Prize
Quill Award
Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award (1997)
Norman Mailer Prize (2009) - Ontwarringsbericht
- Do not combine David Halberstam and David J. Halberstam. They are different authors.
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