Homer Bigart
Homer Bigart (born October 25, 1907 in Hawley , Pennsylvania ; died April 16, 1991 in Portsmouth , New Hampshire ) was an American journalist best known for his war coverage. For his reports from the Korean War , he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1951 .
Bigart studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the New York University School of Journalism . During his student days, he began his journalistic career at the Herald Tribune , which hired him in 1933. From 1942 he reported for the newspaper first on the European, then on the Pacific theater of the Second World War . He then reported from the Indochina War (stays in Vietnam in 1945, 1950 and 1953) and the Korean War. His Pulitzer Prize (1951) also fell during this period.
In 1955 he moved to the New York Times , for which he initially reported from the Middle East and from 1962 until his retirement in 1972 then from the Vietnam War .
Since 1970 Bigart was married to the children's author Else Holmelund Minarik .
literature
- Homer Bigart: Forward Positions: The War Correspondence of Homer Bigart . Edited and provided with a biographical essay by Betsy Wade. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville 1992. ISBN 1-55728-257-9
- Richard Severo: Homer Bigart, Acclaimed Reporter, Dies . Obituary in the New York Times on April 17, 1991.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bigart, Homer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hawley, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1991 |
| Place of death | Portsmouth, New Hampshire |