Anne Nelson

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Anne Nelson
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Nelson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born1954 (age 7071)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Alma mater Yale University
Subject
  • History
  • current events
Notable works
  • Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler
  • The Guys
Website
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Anne Nelson (born 1954) is an American journalist, author, playwright, and professor. [1]

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Early life and education

Anne Nelson was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1954, and spent her childhood in Lincoln, Nebraska. [2] [3] She graduated from Yale University in 1976. [2] [4]

Career

From 1980 to 1983, Nelson served as a war correspondent in El Salvador and Guatemala. [3] [4]

In 1989, she was given a Livingston Award for Excellence in International Reporting for the piece "In the Grotto of the Pink Sisters" for Mother Jones . [5]

In 2005, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction and German and East European History for her research for the book Red Orchestra. [6]

Nelson teaches at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. [4]

Nelson's 2019 book Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right deals with the political influence of groups including the right wing Council for National Policy. [7]

In 2024, she was named to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. [8]

Personal life

Nelson is married to journalist and author George Black. Together they have two children. [9]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Anne Nelson". Simon & Schuster.
  2. 1 2 "Anne Nelson-Black papers". Yale University . Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "An Interview with Anne Nelson, Playwright & Screenwriter of The Guys". February 10, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Anne Nelson - Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com.
  5. "Past Winners". Recognizing Young Journalists. Livingston Awards: University of Michigan. 2024. pp. 26–41.
  6. "Anne Nelson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  7. Stern, Scott W. (February 19, 2020). "How Powerful Is This Right-Wing Shadow Network?". The New Republic. ISSN   0028-6583 . Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  8. "Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame to add 12 members, including 3 with ties to The Oklahoman". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  9. "George Black".
  10. Reviews for Murder Under Two Flags:
  11. Reviews for Red Orchestra:
  12. Reviews for Suzanne's Children:
  13. Reviews for Shadow Network: