Alva Johnston
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Alva Johnston (August 1, 1888 – November 23, 1950) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and biographer.[1]
Biography [edit]
He was born on August 1, 1888 in Sacramento, California.
He started out at the Sacramento Bee in 1906. From 1912-1928, he wrote for The New York Times and from 1928-1932 for the New York Herald Tribune. From 1932 until his retirement, he wrote articles for The Saturday Evening Post and The New Yorker[2] magazines. He won the Pulitzer in 1923 for articles he wrote during a convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1922.[3][1]
He died on November 23, 1950 in Bronxville, New York.[1]
Works [edit]
- The Great Goldwyn (1937)
- The Case of Erle Stanley Gardner (1947)
- The Legendary Mizners (1953)
References [edit]
- ^ a b c Associated Press (November 24, 1950). "Death Claims Alva Johnston". St. Joseph News-Press. Retrieved 2012-10-22. "Alva Johnston, 62, magazine writer, author, and winner of the Pulitzer prize as a newspaper reporter, died last night at Bronxville hospital. Johnston, a resident of Yonkers, won the Pulitzer In 1922 for his coverage of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in the New York Times. ..."
- ^ Erin Overbey (March 4, 2010). "Eighty-Five from the Archive: Alva Johnston". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
- ^ "The Press: The Best Reporter". Time magazine. May 28, 1923. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
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