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  2. Career

  3. Personal and death

  4. Awards

  5. Works

  6. References

  7. External sources

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}}David Cort (1904–1983) was a 20th-century American writer (journalist, columnist, editor, and author), best known as foreign news editor at Life magazine.[1]

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In 1924, Cort graduated from Columbia University, where he had been editor of The Jester.[1]

Career

By the late 1920s, Cort had become a contributor to Vanity Fair magazine.[1]

In 1932, he joined Time magazine as assistant foreign news editor.[1]

In 1936, he moved to Life as foreign news editor. He is best known for his work there in selecting and captioning photographs shot during World War II.[1]

He also contributed to The Nation magazine and the New York Times Book Review.[1]

Personal and death

Cort had one son.[1]

He died age 79 on October 11, 1983, in New York City.[1]

Awards

  • 1971: Guggenheim Fellow (General Nonfiction)[2]

Works

Books:
  • The Big Picture
  • Social Astonishments
  • The Glossy Rats
  • Revolution by Cliche
  • The Sin of Henry R. Luce (New York: L. Stuart, 1974)[3]
Articles:
  • "Of Guilt and Resurrection," The Nation (March 20, 1967) on the Hiss-Chambers case

References

1. ^{{cite news| title = David Cort, Author, Is Dead; Former Foreign Editor at Life| publisher = New York Times| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/15/obituaries/david-cort-author-is-dead-former-foreign-editor-at-life.html?mcubz=1| date = 15 October 1983| accessdate = 1 September 2017}}
2. ^{{cite news| title = David Cort| publisher = John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation| url = https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/david-cort/| date = | accessdate = 1 September 2017}}
3. ^{{cite book| first = David| last = Cort| authorlink = David Cort| title = The Sin of Henry R. Luce: An Anatomy of Journalism| publisher = L. Stewart| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=59s3AAAAIAAJ| date = 1974| accessdate = 1 September 2017}}

External sources

  • [https://harpers.org/author/davidcort/ Harper's]: David Cort
  • [https://www.thenation.com/authors/david-cort/ The Nation]: David Cort
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3 : 1904 births|1983 deaths|Columbia University alumni

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