Karl E. Meyer
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Karl E. Meyer (May 22, 1928 – December 22, 2019) was an American-based journalist. The third generation of his family to be engaged in that occupation,[1] Meyer's grandfather, George Meyer, was the editor of the leading German language newspaper in Milwaukee, the Germania; his father, Ernest L. Meyer, was a columnist for The Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin and then the New York Post. In 1979, he joined The New York Times as the senior writer for foreign affairs, a position he held until his retirement in 1998.
Early life and education
Meyer was born in
Career
After graduation in 1956, his career in foreign affairs began for The Washington Post.[1] He also wrote a weekly column from America for the New Statesman. Meyer won an Overseas Press Club award for his coverage of Latin America,[citation needed] and during the Cuban revolution he interviewed Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra. From 1965 to 1970, he was the Post's London bureau chief where he became a weekly regular on the BBC and a character in the humor magazine Private Eye. In 1968, he covered the Soviet invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia.[1] Returning home in 1970, he headed the Post's New York bureau.
Meyer was a television columnist and contributing editor of
Meyer was a visiting professor at
Works
- with Shareen Blair Brysac.The China Collectors: America's Century-Long Hunt for Asian Art Treasures. New York: St Martin's Press, 2015.[4][5]
- with Shareen Blair Brysac. Pax Ethnica: Where and How Diversity Succeeds. New York: Public Affairs, 2012.[6]
- with Shareen Blair Brysac. Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East. New York: Norton, 2008.
- The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland. New York: Public Affairs, 2003.
- with Shareen Blair Brysac. Tournament of Shadows: The Race for Empire in Central Asia. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1999.
- Pundits, Poets and Wits: An Omnibus of American Newspaper Columns. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
- The Art Museum: Power, Money, Ethics: a Twentieth Century Fund Report. New York: Morrow, 1979.
- Teotihuacan. New York: Newsweek, 1973. ISBN 978-0-88225-084-7.
- The Plundered Past. New York: Atheneum, 1973.
- The Pleasures of Archaeology: A Visa to Yesterday. New York: Atheneum, 1970.
- Fulbright of Arkansas: The Public Positions of a Private Thinker. Washington, DC: R. B. Luce, 1963.
- with Tad Szulc. The Cuban Invasion: The Chronicle of a Disaster. New York: Praeger, 1962.
- The New America: Politics and Society in the Age of the Smooth Deal. New York: Basic Books, 1961.
Personal life
Meyer married Shareen Blair Brysac, with whom he co-authored four books. He had two sons and a daughter.
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Peabody Awards". peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "About the Foundation". toynbeeprize.org. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Authors Shareen Blair Brysac & Karl E. Meyer on Their New Book, The China Collectors". Westport Library. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Q. and A.: Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac on 'The China Collectors' New York Times. access date: 26 May 2015
- ^ "Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac Discuss "Oases of Civility" with Dylan Radigan, Brian Lehrer - World Policy Institute". worldpolicy.org. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
External links
- Biography at Pulitzer Center
- Biography at World Policy Institute
- Obituary by The Washington Post
- Obituary by The New York Times
- Obituary by The Guardian
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