Harrison Salisbury

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Harrison Salisbury
Born14 November 1908 Edit this on Wikidata
Minneapolis Edit this on Wikidata
Died5 July 1993 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 84)
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OccupationJournalist Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Charlotte Y. Salisbury Edit this on Wikidata
Awards

Harrison Evans Salisbury (November 14, 1908 – July 5, 1993), was an American

New York Times correspondent in Moscow after World War II.[1]

Biography

Salisbury was born in

Minneapolis North High School in 1925 and the University of Minnesota in 1930.[2]

He spent nearly 20 years with

George Polk Award
for Foreign Reporting.

In the 1960s, he covered the growing

John B. Oakes
, and was assistant managing editor from 1964–1972, associate editor from 1972–1973. He retired from The Times in 1973.

Salisbury was among the earliest mainstream journalists to oppose the

anti-Vietnam War documentary film In the Year of the Pig. He was the first American journalist to report on the Vietnam War from North Vietnam after having been invited there by the North Vietnamese government in late 1966. His report was the first that genuinely questioned the American air war.[3]

Salisbury also toured America for Esquire, for which the Xerox company paid him $55,000.[2]

Salisbury reported extensively from

Tiananmen Square
.

External videos
video icon Booknotes interview with Salisbury on Tiananmen Diary, October 15, 1989, C-SPAN

He wrote 29 books, including American in Russia (1955) and Behind the Lines—Hanoi (1967). His other books include The Shook-Up Generation (1958), Orbit of China (1967), War Between Russia and China (1969),

director Sergio Leone
at the time of Leone's death in 1989.

In 1964, he married Charlotte Y. Salisbury, who accompanied him on numerous trips to Asia. She wrote seven books about their experiences.[5][6][7]

Salisbury was an

Eagle Scout and a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.[8] He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[9][10] In 1990, he received the Ischia International Journalism Award
.

He died in Providence, Rhode Island at age 84.

References

  1. ^ Pace, Eric (1993-07-07). "Harrison E. Salisbury, 84, Author and Reporter, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  2. ^ a b Nichols, Rick (June 18, 1980). "Harrison Salisbury Still Curious, Eager". Cincinnati Enquirer.
  3. ^ Grant, Zalin (1986). Over the Beach The Air War in Vietnam. New York: Pocket Books. pp. 106–112.
  4. ^ "Harrison Salisbury discusses his book "The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad"".
  5. ^ "Charlotte Salisbury papers, 1925-2001, bulk 1965-1993 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Columbia University Libraries Finding Aids". findingaids.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  6. OCLC 5103380
    .
  7. ^ Naedele, Walter F. (May 9, 2012). "Charlotte Young Salisbury, 98, traveler and writer". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  8. ^ "Distinguished Eagle Scouts" (PDF). Scouting.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  9. ^ "Harrison Evans Salisbury". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  10. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.

External links

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