Sarah Kaufman (critic)

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Sarah Kaufman (born 1963)

W.W. Norton and Company
in fall of 2015.

Biography

Kaufman was born in

University of Maryland, where she studied under poet laureate Reed Whittemore.[1] She graduated in 1988 with a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[1][2]

Kaufman studied dance until she gave it up in graduate school.

Munich, Germany, where she worked as a translator and author of freelance English-language cultural and journalism pieces.[1]

Upon their return to the US, Kaufman began freelancing for the Post. When Post dance critic and Pulitzer-winner Alan M. Kriegsman, whom Kaufman calls "my hero, friend and mentor", retired in 1996, Kaufman took over as dance critic.[4] While writing for the Post, she broke the story that many of the works of Martha Graham were in the public domain.[1] She also won a Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award for Arts and Entertainment Reporting for her report on the decreasing number of ballet offerings at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[1]

She was laid off in 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Biography: Sarah Kaufman". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  2. ^
    Daily Northwestern. Archived from the original
    on November 21, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  3. Washington Post
    . pp. A1. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Kaufman, Sarah (April 14, 2010). "2010 Pulitzer Prize: Sarah Kaufman on winning criticism, role of arts coverage". Washington Post. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  5. ^ Ellison, Sarah (December 1, 2022). "Washington Post lays off Pulitzer-winning dance critic in spate of cuts". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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