David Halberstam

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David Halberstam (born April 10, 1934 in New York , † April 23, 2007 in Menlo Park , California ) was an American journalist and writer.

biography

Halberstam was the son of the military surgeon Charles A. Halberstam and the teacher Blanche Levy Halberstam. He studied at Harvard University until 1955 . From 1960 until the late 1960s he was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times . In 1964, he and Malcolm Browne won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting on the beginning of the Vietnam War . His critical reporting on the US engagement in Southeast Asia led, among others, US President John F. Kennedy to urge the NYT publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger to dismiss Halberstam.

After the daily journalistic business he concentrated on researching and publishing books and magazine articles. Halberstam published a total of 21 books, including works on the Vietnam War , September 11, 2001 and the basketball player Michael Jordan . He was committed to a critical, educational journalism throughout his life. In the beginning it was political publications with which he was successful, but with increasing age he shifted more to sports monographs. Halberstam was friends with the German publicist Peter Scholl-Latour .

His older brother Michael was a well-known cardiologist in Washington. He was shot dead by a burglar at home in 1980.

David Halberstam died in a car accident near Menlo Park , California, on his way to an interview with former football star YA Tittle . He left behind his wife, the writer Jean Sandness, with whom he was married since 1979, and daughter Julia, who works as a teacher.

Literature (selection)

  • The Best and the Brightest. Random House, New York NY 1965, (In German: Vietnam or Is the jungle defoliated? (= Rororo pocket books. 840, ISSN  0720-0943 ). Slightly abbreviated in collaboration with the author. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1965, ISBN 3 -498-02824-3 ).
  • The Best and the Brightest. Random House, New York NY 1972, ISBN 0-394-46163-0 (In German: Die Elite. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1974, ISBN 3-498-02824-3 ).
  • The Reckoning. William Morrow & Co., New York NY 1986, ISBN 0-688-04838-2 (In German: Die Abrechnung. Campus, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1988, ISBN 3-593-33931-5 ).
  • Playing for Keeps. Michael Jordan and the World He Made. Random House, New York NY 1999, ISBN 0-679-41562-9 .
  • Was in a time of peace. Bush, Clinton, and the Generals. Scribner, New York NY et al. 2001, ISBN 0-7432-0212-0 .
  • Firehouse. Hyperion, New York NY 2002, ISBN 1-4013-0005-7 .
  • The teammates. Hyperion, New York NY 2003, ISBN 1-4013-0057-X .
  • The coldest winter. America and the Korean War. Hyperion, New York NY 2007, ISBN 978-1-4013-0052-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Halberstam, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 2007
Place of death Menlo Park , California, USA