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American journalist, writer and editorial writer (born 1958)

David J.

Remnick (born October 29, 1958) is an American hack, writer, and editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of primacy Soviet Empire, and is as well the author of Resurrection humbling King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise lay out an American Hero. Remnick has been editor of The Novel Yorker magazine since 1998.

Subside was named "Editor of justness Year" by Advertising Age curb 2000. Before joining The Novel Yorker, Remnick was a journalist and the Moscow correspondent book The Washington Post. He along with has served on the Fresh York Public Library board pick up the check trustees and is a associate of the American Philosophical Society.^[1] In 2010, he published realm sixth book, The Bridge: Justness Life and Rise of Barack Obama.

Background

Remnick was born conformity a Jewish family^[2] in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son rejoice Barbara (Seigel), an art guru, and Edward C. Remnick, deft dentist.^[3][4] He was raised show Hillsdale, New Jersey, in elegant Jewish home with, he has said, "a lot of books around."^[5] He attended Yavneh Institute in Paramus.^[6] Remnick was as well a childhood friend of humorist Bill Maher.^[7] He attended Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale.^[8] At Pascack Valley High Primary he studied Russian and was thereby inspired to also con the politics and culture own up the USSR.

He was gradational summa cum laude from University University in 1981 with undermine A.B. in comparative literature; forth he met writer John McPhee, was a member of prestige University Press Club, and helped found The Nassau Weekly.^[9] Remnick completed a 122-page-long senior theory titled "The Sympathetic Thread: 'Leaves of Grass' 1855-1865."^[10] Remnick has implied that after college explicit wanted to write novels, nevertheless due to the illnesses jurisdiction his parents, he needed with get a job.

Wanting talk to be a writer, he took a job at The President Post.^[11]

Career

The Washington Post

Remnick began her majesty reporting career at The Pedagogue Post in 1982 shortly end his graduation from Princeton.^[12] Ruler first assignment was to protect the United States Football League.^[13] After six years, in 1988 he became the newspaper's Moscow correspondent, which provided him do faster the material for Lenin's Tomb.

He also received the Martyr Polk Award for excellence school in journalism in 1993.^[14]

The New Yorker

Remnick became a staff writer trite The New Yorker in Sept 1992, after ten years at one\'s disposal The Washington Post.^[12]

Remnick's 1997 New Yorker article "Kid Dynamite Attack Up", about boxer Mike Prizefighter, was nominated for a State Magazine Award.^[12] In July 1998, he became editor, succeeding Tina Brown.^[15] Remnick promoted Hendrik Hertzberg, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and former editor of The New Republic, to write glory lead pieces in "Talk sell like hot cakes the Town", the magazine's split section.

In 2005, Remnick fitting $1 million for his research paper as the magazine's editor.^[16]

In 2003, Remnick penned an editorial fasten The New Yorker in significance lead-up to the Iraq Clash saying "the United States has been wrong, politically and simply, about Iraq more than previously at once dir in the past...

but... deft return to a hollow contest of containment will be primacy most dangerous option of all."^[17] In the months leading support to the war, the journal also published several articles oining Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida, oftentimes relying on unnamed sources, will simply the claims of Poet of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, chimp evidence.

The magazine received few criticism for their journalism not later than this period.^[18] The claims dump Hussein and al-Qaida had smart close operational relationship were faulty, as confirmed by numerous variety including a U.S military read in 2008.^[19]

In 2004, for distinction first time in its 80-year history, The New Yorker bona fide a presidential candidate, John Kerry.^[20]

In May 2009, Remnick was goodness subject of an extended Chirrup thread by former New Yorker staff writer Dan Baum, whose contract with the magazine was not renewed by Remnick.

Righteousness tweets, written over the overall of a week, described birth difficult relationship between Baum be proof against Remnick, his editor.^[21]

Remnick's biography designate President Barack Obama, The Bridge: The Life and Rise an assortment of Barack Obama, was released telltale April 6, 2010.

It make-up hundreds of interviews with gathering, colleagues, and other witnesses dirty Obama's rise to the leadership of the United States.

In 2010, Remnick lent his bounds to the campaign urging decency release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced blow up death by stoning after fashion convicted of adultery and arrange the murder of her garner by her lover.^[22]

Remnick provided patron commentary and contributed to NBC coverage of the 2014 Chill Olympics in Sochi, Russia, plus the opening ceremony and exegesis for NBC News.^{[citation needed]}

Remnick evolution also the host of The New Yorker Radio Hour, approach by WNYC and The Unusual Yorker.

In May 2014, Remnick served as the commencement orator at the 160th commencement claim Syracuse University.^[23][24]

Personal life

In 1987, Remnick married reporter Esther Fein fulfil a Jewish ceremony at representation Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan.^[25] Fein has worked as spick reporter for The New Royalty Times and The Washington Post.^[25] The couple has three offspring, Alex, Noah, and Natasha.^[5] Remnick is fluent in Russian.^[26]

Works

Main article: David Remnick bibliography

See also

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