Elizabeth Kolbert
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Elizabeth Kolbert (born 1961)[when?] is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 book Field Notes from a Catastrophe, and as an observer and commentator on environmentalism for The New Yorker magazine.[1]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Youth and education
Kolbert spent her early childhood in the Bronx; her family then relocated to Larchmont, New York, where she remained until 1979.
After graduating from Mamaroneck High School, Kolbert spent four years studying literature at Yale University. In 1983, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Universität Hamburg, in Germany.
[edit] Career
[edit] The New York Times
Kolbert began her journalism career at The New York Times, where she worked as a reporter from 1984 to 1999.
[edit] The New Yorker
Kolbert has been a staff-writer for The New Yorker since 1999.[1] She received a Lannan Literary Fellowship in 2006.
She resides in Massachusetts with her husband, John Kleiner, and three sons.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic, editor (with Francis Spufford) (Bloomsbury, 2007). ISBN 978-1596914438 .
- Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change (Bloomsbury, 2006). ISBN 978-1596911253 .
- The Prophet of Love : And Other Tales of Power and Deceit, ISBN 1582344639.
- Preface to anthology Welcome to the Greenhouse: Science Fiction on Climate Change (OR Books, 2011).
[edit] Articles
- Kolbert, Elizabeth (24 November 2008). "The Talk of the Town: Comment: Midnight Hour". The New Yorker 84 (38): 39–40. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/11/24/081124taco_talk_kolbert. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 'Midnight regulations' issued by outgoing US Presidents.
- Kolbert, Elizabeth (8 December 2008). "The Talk of the Town: Comment: Car Talk". The New Yorker 84 (40): 35–36. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/12/08/081208taco_talk_kolbert. Retrieved 15 May 2009. Auto industry bailout.
- Kolbert, Elizabeth (12 January 2009). "The Political Scene: Greening the Ghetto". The New Yorker 84 (44): 22–28. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/01/12/090112fa_fact_kolbert. Retrieved 27 March 2009. Reports on Van Jones and Green for All.
- Kolbert, Elizabeth (27 April 2009). "Comment: In The Air". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2009/04/27/090427taco_talk_kolbert?yrail. Retrieved 22 April 2009. Comment on Earth Day and its relevance in 2009.
- Kolbert, Elizabeth (25 May 2009). "The Sixth Extinction". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/25/090525fa_fact_kolbert. Retrieved 19 May 2009. About extinction.
- Kolbert, Elizabeth, "Batless", The New Yorker; March 29, 2010, pp 42-43. On White nose syndrome.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Contributors: Elizabeth Kolbert". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/elizabeth_kolbert/search?contributorName=elizabeth%20kolbert. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
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