David Halberstam (1934–2007)
Forfatter af The Best and the Brightest
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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(eng) Do not combine David Halberstam and David J. Halberstam. They are different authors.
Image credit: David Halberstam attend The 5th Annual POETRY & THE CREATIVE MIND at Alice Tully Hall on April 11, 2007 in New York City
Værker af David Halberstam
The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal (1985) 241 eksemplarer
The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam during the Kennedy Era (1964) — Forfatter — 153 eksemplarer
The Noblest Roman 5 eksemplarer
David Halberstam on Sports: Summer of '49, October 1964, The Amateurs, Playing for Keeps (2018) 2 eksemplarer
Japan society 1 eksemplar
Vietnam oder wird der Dschungel entlaubt? 1 eksemplar
最寒冷的冬天 1 eksemplar
The Making of a Quagmire - An Uncompromising Account of Our Precarious Commitment in Viet Nam 1 eksemplar
The Coldest War - America and the Korean War 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Bidragyder — 429 eksemplarer
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Bidragyder — 387 eksemplarer
American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm (2001) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 128 eksemplarer
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Bidragyder — 90 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1934-04-10
- Dødsdag
- 2007-04-23
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- New York, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- Menlo Park, California, USA
- Dødsårsag
- car accident
- Bopæl
- Yonkers, New York, USA
Winsted, Connecticut, USA
Bronx, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- Harvard College (AB|1955)
- Erhverv
- news journalist
sports journalist
war reporter - Organisationer
- The Tennesseean
The New York Times - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Pulitzer Prize
Quill Award
Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award (1997)
Norman Mailer Prize (2009) - Oplysning om flertydighed
- Do not combine David Halberstam and David J. Halberstam. They are different authors.
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