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David Remnick

American journalist, writer and editor · United States · On the map · Journalists · Born 1958 · age 68

David J. Remnick is an American journalist, writer, and editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, and is also the author of Resurrection and King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero.

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2014Honorary Doctorate from Columbia UniversityAward1998Medal of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke GediminasAward1994Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionAward1993George Polk AwardAward1958Born29 October 1958

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Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University2014
Medal of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas1998
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction1994
George Polk Award1993

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Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998. He was named "Editor of the Year" by Advertising Age in 2000. Before joining The New Yorker, Remnick was a reporter and the Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. In 2010, he published his sixth book, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.

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Born 1958 · age 68

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