| 词条 | Meg Greenfield |
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|name = Meg Greenfield |image = Meg Greenfield.jpg |caption = |birth_name = Mary Ellen Greenfield |birth_date = {{birth date|1930|12|27}} |birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1999|05|13|1930|12|27}} |death_place = Georgetown, Washington, D.C., U.S. |death_cause = |alma_mater = Smith College |occupation = Editorial writer |employer = {{ubl|The Washington Post|Newsweek}} }} Mary Ellen Greenfield (December 27, 1930 – May 13, 1999), known as Meg Greenfield, was an American editorial writer who worked for the Washington Post and Newsweek. She was also a Washington, D.C. insider, known for her wit. Greenfield won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. Life and careerGreenfield was born in Seattle, the daughter of Lorraine (Nathan) and Lewis James Greenfield.[1] Her family was Jewish. She attended The Bush School and graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1952. She also studied at Cambridge University as a Fulbright Scholar and was friends there with Norman Podhoretz, who also went on to a distinguished career in journalism. She became influential in a male-dominated world and a close confidante of Post publisher Katharine Graham. She spent 20 years as the editorial page editor for The Washington Post and 25 years as a columnist for Newsweek. She influenced generations of Washington Post writers.[2] When diagnosed with cancer, Greenfield partly retired to Bainbridge Island in her native Washington, where she wrote a posthumously published memoir entitled Washington. She died of the disease, at age 68.[3][4] Greenfield was portrayed by Carrie Coon in 2017 film, The Post. Awards and honors
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://classics.washington.edu/meg-greenfield-biography|title=Meg Greenfield Biography |first=Daniel P. |last=Harmon |website=University of Washington |access-date=January 12, 2018}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/05/my_mercurial_brutal_brilliant.html |last=McManus |first=Jeanne |title=My Mercurial, brutal, brilliant woman boss |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 25, 2014 |page=A17}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/daily/may99/greenfield14.htm |last=Smith |first=J. Y. |title=Newsweek Columnist Meg Greenfield Dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 14, 1999 |page=A1}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/29/specials/greenfield-obit.html |last=Barringer |first=Felicity |title=Meg Greenfield, Who Shaped Washington Post's Editorial Page, Dies at 68 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 14, 1999}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/meg-greenfield |title=Meg Greenfield of The Washington Post |website=Pulitzer Prize |access-date=January 12, 2018}} External links
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