Stephen Bonsal
| Stephen Bonsal | |
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 Sketch of Stephen Bonsal 1898 |
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| Born | March 29, 1865 Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Died | June 8, 1951 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | journalist, war correspondent, diplomat, translator |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1885–1951 |
Stephen Bonsal (March 29, 1865 – June 8, 1951) was an American journalist, war correspondent, author, diplomat and translator.
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[edit] Early life
Bonsal was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He continued his studies in Germany at Heidelberg, Bonn and Vienna.[1] Bonsal traveled extensively. He claimed that he had visited all the countries of Europe, Asia (with the exception of Persia), and South America.
[edit] Journalist
Bonsal was later a special correspondent of the New York Herald (1885–1907), reporting the development of military conflicts including
- Bulgarian-Serbian War, 1895[1]
- Macedonian uprising, 1890[1]
- First Sino-Japanese War, 1895[1]
- Cuban insurrection, 1897[1]
- Spanish-American War, 1898[1]
- Chinese relief expedition, 1900[1]
- Samar, Batangas, Mindinao, 1901[1]
- Venezuela, Matas rebellion, blockage, 1903[1]
- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905.[1]
He was a foreign correspondent for the New York Times in 1910–1911.
[edit] Diplomat
In 1891-1896, Bonsal served as secretary and chargé-d'affaire of the US diplomatic missions in Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo. He also served for at short time at the US embassy in Madrid.[1]
[edit] World War I
During World War I, Bonsal served in the American Expeditionary Forces with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was also President Woodrow Wilson's private translator during the 1919 Peace Conference in Paris.[2]
Unfinished Business, a diary describing his experiences during the Paris Peace Treaty negotiations, earned him the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1945.[3]
[edit] Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Stephen Bonsal, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 70+ works in 180+ publications in 6 languages and 4,400 library holdings.[4]
- Morocco as It Is (1894)
- The Real Condition of Cuba Today (1897)
- The Fight for Santiago (1899)
- The Golden Horseshoe (1906)
- The American Mediterranean (1912)
- Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1912)
- Heyday in a Vanished World (1937)
- Unfinished Business (1944)
- When the French Were Here (1945)
- Suitors and Supplicants (1946)
- The Cause of Liberty (1947)
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Leonard, John William et al. (1906). "Bonsal, Stephen" in Who's who in America, Vol. 4, p. 177. at Google Books
- ^ "Books: Lost Time," Time (US). February 28, 1944; retrieved 2011-05-12
- ^ Brennan, Elizabeth. (1999). Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners, p. 293. at Google Books
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Bonsal, Stephen 1865-1951
[edit] References
- Leonard, John William and Albert Nelson Marquis. (1906). Who's who in America. Vol. 4. Chicago: A.N. Marquis. OCLC 1141571
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