Frances FitzGerald (journalist)
Frances FitzGerald | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | 21 October 1940
Alma mater | Radcliffe College |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, historian |
Frances FitzGerald (born October 21, 1940)
Early life
Frances FitzGerald was born in
As a teenager, FitzGerald wrote voluminous letters to Governor
Career
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Booknotes interview with FitzGerald and Peter Kann on Reporting Vietnam, January 31, 1999, C-SPAN |
FitzGerald became a journalist, initially writing for the
On her return to New York she attended Truman Capote's Black and White Ball with her mother, stepfather and half-sister Penelope Tree on 28 November 1966, which launched Tree's modelling career.[7]: 87
In late June 1967 she met Just in Paris and the two then spent July and August writing at
In October 1967 she was introduced to Paul Mus who was visiting professor at Princeton University. Mus' book Sociologie d'une Guerre had informed her writing on Vietnam. Mus became a mentor to her until his death in 1969.[7]: 105–8 In 1968 she signed a contract with the Atlantic Monthly Press for a book about the Americans and Vietnam.[7]: 107
In late 1969 she was awarded residency at the
Following Mus' death, John McAlister and Richard H. Solomon acted as advisers on FitzGerald's book. In January 1970 she met with Henry Kissinger to discuss Richard Nixon's Vietnam policy. Later in 1970 she was visited by Daniel Ellsberg who discussed his misgivings about the war. In June 1971 she submitted the completed manuscript to her publishers.[7]: 164–7
She returned to Saigon in September 1971 and while there began a relationship with Kevin Buckley, the Saigon bureau chief for Newsweek.[7]: 168
Her book
She returned to South Vietnam in early 1974 one year after the signing of the
FitzGerald has continued to write about history and culture: her published books include America Revised (1979), a highly critical review of history textbooks published in the United States; Cities on a Hill (1987), an analysis of United States urban history compared to ideals; Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War (2000),[12][13][14] a Pulitzer Prize finalist;[15] and Vietnam: Spirits of the Earth (2002).[16]
In 1987, FitzGerald received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Robert K. Massie.[17]
Her book Cities on a Hill includes a chapter on Rajneeshpuram, whose rise and fall in the 1980s in Oregon is the subject of the documentary Wild Wild Country.
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NPR interview with FitzGerald on The Evangelicals, May 2, 2017 | |
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Presentation by FitzGerald on The Evangelicals, April 12, 2017, C-SPAN |
Her book, The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, published in 2017,[18] is a history of the evangelical movement, its central figures, and its long-reaching influence upon American history, politics, and culture.[19][20][21] The Evangelicals was shortlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for nonfiction.[22]
FitzGerald has also written numerous articles, which have been published in
Personal life
FitzGerald is married to James P. Sterba, a former writer for The Wall Street Journal. They live in New York City and Maine. Sterba featured the latter in his 2003 book Frankie's Place: A Love Story.[23]
Books
- FitzGerald, F. (1972), Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
- FitzGerald, F. (1979), America Revised
- FitzGerald, F. (1986), Cities on a Hill: A Journey through Contemporary American Cultures
- FitzGerald, F. (2000), Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star wars and the End of the Cold War
- FitzGerald, F. (2001), Vietnam: Spirits of the Earth
- FitzGerald, F. (2017), The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ISBN 9780313299490.
frances fitzgerald journalist.
- ^ "Running Around in High Circles". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ^ Her letters are in the Adlai Stevenson Collection at Princeton University.
- ^ "Biography - Frances FitzGerald". www.francesfitzgerald.net. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781541768208.
- ^ "Newswomen Name Winners of Awards". The New York Times. Vol. CXXII, no. 41941 (Late City ed.). November 22, 1972. p. 41. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "General Nonfiction". Past winners and finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1973" (web). National Book Awards. 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2008..
There was a "Contemporary" or "Current" award category from 1972 to 1980. - ^ "VIETNAM I-FIRE IN THE LAKE". The New Yorker. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War by Frances Fitzgerald, Author Simon & Schuster (592p) ISBN 978-0-684-84416-9". Publishers Weekly. April 3, 2000. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ Schoenfeld, Gabriel (May 1, 2000). "Way Out There in the Blue by Frances FitzGerald". Commentary Magazine. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ Brinkley, Alan (April 16, 2000). "An Idea Whose Time Will Not Go". New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "History". Past winners and finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "THE EVANGELICALS The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald". Kirkus Reviews. February 6, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America by Frances FitzGerald. Simon & Schuster, $35 (706p) ISBN 978-1-4391-3133-6". Publishers Weekly. February 13, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ Katie Tuttle (March 15, 2018). "National Book Critics Circle Announces Winners for 2017 Awards". National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ Jim Sterba, Frankie's Place A Love Story, Jim Sterba website (This is the home page 2012-03-17.)