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David Remnick (born October 29, 1958 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is an American journalist, writer, and magazine editor. As a reporter for the Washington Post, he also served as the paper's Moscow correspondent. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. He has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998. He has edited several collections of writings from The New Yorker and in 1999, he was named "Editor of the Year" by Advertising Age.
Early life and family Coming from secular Jewish roots, Remnick is the son of a dentist and an art teacher. *He was raised in Hillsdale, New Jersey in a home with "a lot of books around." He graduated from Princeton University with a B.A in comparative literature in 1981, where he wrote for the Nassau Weekly. He is married to New York Times reporter Esther Fein and has 3 children. Early career He began at The Washington Post in 1982• Career at The New Yorker Remnick became a staff writer at The New Yorker in September, 1992, after ten years at The Washington Post.• In 1998, he became editor. Remnick promoted Hendrik Hertzberg, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter and former editor of The New Republic, to write the lead pieces in “Talk of the Town,” the magazine’s lead section. In 2004, for the first time in its 80-year history, The New Yorker endorsed a presidential candidate, John Kerry. • On May 8, 2006, David Remnick gave an interview on The Daily Show to promote his book: Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker. Works Books Edited | ||||||||
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