Studs Terkel

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American author, historian and broadcaster (1912-2008)

United States WritersLived 1912 to 2008 · aged 96

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Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.

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Studs Terkel before his 95th birthday party at the Chicago History Museum

Awards 13

2004Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

2004Order of Lincoln

2003Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award

1999George Polk Award

1998Thomas Merton Award

1997National Humanities Medal

1997National Book Award

1985Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

1983Eugene V. Debs Award

1981Paul Robeson Award

1980Peabody Awards

Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech

Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award

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Christine EbersoleAlso in The Dollmaker (1984)

Philip BoscoAlso in Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

James ReadAlso in Eight Men Out (1988)

Richard EdsonAlso in Eight Men Out (1988)

Sheb WooleyAlso in The Dollmaker (1984)

John CullumAlso in Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

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