David Maraniss
David Maraniss | |
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David Maraniss at the 2012 Texas Book Festival | |
Born | (1949-08-06) August 6, 1949 (age 74) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
Occupation | Author, Journalist |
Education | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Notable works | When Pride Still Mattered (1999) Rome 1960 (2008) Barack Obama: The Story (2012) |
Spouse | Linda Maraniss (m. 1969) |
Children | 2 |
Website | |
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David Maraniss (/ˈmærənɪs/ MARR-ə-niss; born August 6, 1949) is an American award-winning journalist and author, currently[when?] serving as an associate editor for The Washington Post.[1]
Maraniss is the author of numerous award-winning books, ranging from politics to sports. He has written books on Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi, Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, the 1960 Summer Olympics, and on U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.[1]
Personal life
Maraniss was born in Detroit, Michigan to Elliot and Mary Maraniss. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1][2]
Maraniss and his wife Linda married in 1969 and had two children; they live in Washington, D.C. and Madison, Wisconsin. His son, Andrew Maraniss is also an author and was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2015.[3]
Career
Maraniss began his career as reporter at the Madison Capital Times, and later worked at the Trenton Times.
For The Washington Post, Maraniss won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1993 for his "revealing articles on the life and political records" of Bill Clinton, then a presidential candidate.[4] He was also assigned the job of biographer for their coverage of 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.[5]
Bibliography
Politics
- First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton (1995)
- Tell Newt to Shut Up! (with Michael Weisskopf) (1996)
- The Clinton Enigma: A Four-and-a-Half Minute Speech Reveals This President's Entire Life (1998)
- The Prince of Tennessee: Al Gore Meets His Fate (2000)
- Barack Obama: The Story (2012)
Sports
- When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi (1999)
- Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero (2006)
- Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World (2008)
- Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (2022)
Others
- They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 (2004)
- Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story (2015)
- A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father (2019)
References
- ^ a b c "Maraniss, David". Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Sklar, Sam. "Pulitzer Prize winner, UW alum David Maraniss reveals inspirations behind acclaimed biographies". The Badger Herald. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- ^ "Books/Best Sellers/Race and Civil Rights". The New York Times. December 1, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "National Reporting". Pulitzer Prize.
- ^ Howell, Deborah (July 20, 2008). "A Vote for Coverage of Substance". The Washington Post.
External links
- Official website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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- Louis Stark (1942)
- Dewey L. Fleming (1944)
- James Reston (1945)
- Edward A. Harris (1946)
- Edward T. Folliard (1947)
- Bert Andrews & Nat S. Finney (1948)
- C. P. Trussell (1949)
- Edwin O. Guthman (1950)
- Anthony Leviero (1952)
- Don Whitehead (1953)
- Richard Wilson (1954)
- Anthony Lewis (1955)
- Charles L. Bartlett (1956)
- James Reston (1957)
- Clark Mollenhoff & Relman Morin (1958)
- Howard Van Smith (1959)
- Vance Trimble (1960)
- Edward R. Cony (1961)
- Nathan G. Caldwell & Gene S. Graham (1962)
- Anthony Lewis (1963)
- Merriman Smith (1964)
- Louis M. Kohlmeier Jr. (1965)
- Haynes Johnson (1966)
- Stanley Penn & Monroe Karmin (1967)
- Nathan K. (Nick) Kotz & Howard James (1968)
- Robert Cahn (1969)
- William J. Eaton (1970)
- Lucinda Franks (1971)
- Jack Anderson (1972)
- Robert Boyd & Clark Hoyt (1973)
- Jack White & James R. Polk (1974)
- Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele (1975)
- James V. Risser (1976)
- Walter Mears (1977)
- Gaylord D. Shaw (1978)
- James V. Risser (1979)
- Bette Swenson Orsini & Charles Stafford (1980)
- John M. Crewdson (1981)
- Rick Atkinson (1982)
- The Boston Globe (1983)
- John Noble Wilford (1984)
- Thomas J. Knudson (1985)
- Craig Flournoy, George Rodrigues & Arthur Howe (1986)
- Staff of The Miami Herald & Staff of The New York Times (1987)
- Tim Weiner (1988)
- Donald L. Barlett & James B. Steele (1989)
- Ross Anderson, Bill Dietrich, Mary Ann Gwinn & Eric Nalder (1990)
- Marjie Lundstrom, Rochelle Sharpe & Gannett News Service (1991)
- Jeff Taylor, Mike McGraw & The Kansas City Star (1992)
- David Maraniss (1993)
- Eileen Welsome (1994)
- Tony Horwitz (1995)
- Alix M. Freedman (1996)
- Staff of The Wall Street Journal (1997)
- Russell Carollo & Jeff Nesmith (1998)
- Staff of The New York Times (1999)
- Jeff Gerth (1999)
- Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2000)
- Staff of The New York Times (2001)
- Staff of The Washington Post (2002)
- Alan Miller & Kevin Sack (2003)
- Staff of Los Angeles Times (2004)
- Walt Bogdanich (2005)
- James Risen & Eric Lichtblau (2006)
- Staff of The San Diego Union-Tribune & Staff of Copley News Service including Marcus Stern & Jerry Kammer (2006)
- Charlie Savage (2007)
- Jo Becker & Barton Gellman (2008)
- Staff of St. Petersburg Times (2009)
- Matt Richtel & Staff of The New York Times (2010)
- Jesse Eisinger & Jake Bernstein (2011)
- David Wood (2012)
- Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan & David Hasemyer (2013)
- David Philipps (2014)
- Carol D. Leonnig (2015)
- Staff of The Washington Post (2016)
- David Fahrenthold (2017)
- Staff of The New York Times & Staff of The Washington Post (2018)
- Staff of The Wall Street Journal (2019)
- Dominic Gates, Steve Miletich, Mike Baker & Lewis Kamb of The Seattle Times (2020)
- T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose & Robert Faurtechi of ProPublica (2020)
- Staff of The New York Times (2022)
- [Caroline Kitchener]] (2023)
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