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Frances FitzGerald

American journalist and author · United States · Journalists · Born 1940 · age 86

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Frances FitzGerald is an American journalist and historian, who is primarily known for Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (1972), an account of the Vietnam War. It was a bestseller that won the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, and National Book Award.

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2017National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionAward2009Guggenheim FellowshipAward1973Bancroft PrizeAwardNational Book AwardAwardPulitzer Prize for General NonfictionAwardThe Hillman Prize for Book JournalismAward1972George Polk AwardAward1940Born21 October 1940

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FitzGerald in South Vietnam in 1966FitzGerald in South Vietnam in 1966

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National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction2017
Guggenheim Fellowship2009
National Book Award1973
Bancroft Prize1973
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction1973
The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism1973
George Polk Award1972

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United States
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Journalists
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Born 1940 · age 86

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