David Remnick
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David Remnick (born October 29, 1958 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. As a reporter for the Washington Post, he also served as the paper's Moscow correspondent. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. He has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998. He has edited several collections of writings from The New Yorker and in 1999, he was named "Editor of the Year" by Advertising Age.
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[edit] Early life and family
Coming from secular Jewish roots, Remnick is the son of a dentist and an art teacher. [1]He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey in a home with "a lot of books around." He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A in comparative literature in 1981, where he founded the "Nassau Weekly." He is married to New York Times reporter Esther Fein and has 3 children, Alex, Noah, and Natasha. He enjoys jazz music and classic cinema and is fluent in Russian.
[edit] Early career
He began at The Washington Post in 1982[1] shortly after his graduation from Princeton. After six years, in 1988, he became the newspaper's Moscow correspondent, which provided him with the material for his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Lenin's Tomb. He also received the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism.
In 1998, Remnick's article "Kid Dynamite Blows Up," about Mike Tyson, won a National Magazine Award.[1]
[edit] Career at The New Yorker
Remnick became a staff writer at The New Yorker in September, 1992, after ten years at The Washington Post.[1]
In 1998, he became editor. Remnick promoted Hendrik Hertzberg, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and former editor of The New Republic, to write the lead pieces in “Talk of the Town,” the magazine’s lead section.
In 2004, for the first time in its 80-year history, The New Yorker endorsed a presidential candidate, John Kerry. [2]
On May 8, 2006, David Remnick gave an interview on The Daily Show to promote his book: Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "David Remnick". Retrieved on May 9, 2006.
- ^ New Yorker magazine endorsement of John Kerry. Retrieved on May 9, 2006.
[edit] Works
- Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire New York: Random House, 1993.
- The Devil Problem: And Other True Stories. New York: Random House, 1996.
- Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia. New York: Random House, 1997.
- King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero. New York: Random House, 1998.
- Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker. New York: Knopf, 2006.
[edit] Books Edited
- w/ Susan Choi, eds. Wonderful Town: New York Stories from the New Yorker., 2000.
- The New Gilded Age: The New Yorker Looks at the Culture of Affluence. New York: Random House, 2000.
- Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker. New York: Random House, 2000.
- w/ Henry Finder, eds. Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from the New Yorker. New York: Random House, 2001.
