Frances FitzGerald

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Frances FitzGerald (born October 21,1940) is an American journalist and author. She is primarily known for her acclaimed journalistic account of the Vietnam War.

Biography

FitzGerald was the daughter of New York lawyer Desmond FitzGerald and socialite Marietta Peabody. As a teenager, she wrote voluminous letters to Senator Adlai Stevenson expressing her opinion on many subjects, a reflection of her deep interest in world affairs. [Her letters are in the Adlai Stevenson Collection at Princeton University]

Career

FitzGerald is best known for her book, "" (1972), which was met with great acclaim when it was published and remains one of the most notable books about the Vietnam War. She was awarded both a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for the book.cite web | title = Pulitzer Prize Winners: General Non-Fiction | work = | publisher =pulitzer.org | date = | url =http://www.pulitzer.org/ | format =web | doi = | accessdate = 2008-02-28 ] cite web | title =National Book Awards - 1973 | work = | publisher =National Book Awards | date =2007 | url =http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1973.html | format =web
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FitzGerald's subsequent volumes include "America Revised", a highly critical review of high school history textbooks (1979); "Cities on a Hill" (1987); "Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War" (2000); and "Vietnam: Spirits of the Earth" (2002).

FitzGerald's writing has also appeared in "The New Yorker", and the "New York Review of Books", "The New York Times Magazine", "Esquire", "Architectural Digest", and "Rolling Stone". She serves on the editorial boards of "The Nation" and "Foreign Policy", and is vice-president of PEN.

References

External links

* [http://www.nybooks.com/authors/3883 Index of Frances FitzGerald's articles at the "New York Review of Books]
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