Malcolm Browne

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Malcolm Browne at the World Press Photo (1963)

Malcolm Wilde Browne (born April 17, 1931 in New York City , † August 27, 2012 in Hanover , New Hampshire , New England ) was an American journalist and photographer . His best-known and award-winning photo is that of the self-immolation of the Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963. In 1964, he and David Halberstam received the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War .

Life

Browne's journalistic career began when he was drafted during the Korean War and applied for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes . He then joined the Associated Press and worked in Baltimore from 1959 to 1961, at which time he was appointed chief correspondent for Indochina .

In 1968 he joined the New York Times and in 1972 became its correspondent for South America. He then became a science journalist in 1977, then held the position of executive editor of Discover magazine, and returned to the New York Times in 1985. In 1991 he reported as the responsible correspondent on the First Gulf War .

Awards

Works

  • Browne, Malcolm W .: Muddy Boots and Red Socks , Random House: New York, 1993, ISBN 0-8129-6352-0 (autobiography)
  • Saigon's Finale (article about the US Army's defeat in Vietnam)
  • The New Face of War (Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1965) ISBN 0-553-25894-X . Declaration on basic tactics in the Vietnam War

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malcolm W. Browne, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Reporter, Dies at 81. NYTimes.com , accessed August 29, 2012 .
  2. ^ The Pulitzer Prices - 1964 Winners. Retrieved August 29, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Browne, Malcolm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Browne, Malcolm Wilde (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 2012
Place of death Hanover , New Hampshire