American journalist
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 .
A book she authored was published posthumously.[1] [2]
Life and career
Greenfield was born in Seattle , the daughter of Lorraine (Nathan) and Lewis James Greenfield.[3] 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 career in journalism .
From 1954 until her death in 1999, she was married to James Greenfield.
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.[4]
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.[5] [6]
Greenfield was portrayed by Carrie Coon in 2017 film, The Post .
Awards and honors
Bibliography
Greenfield, Meg (2001). Washington . Public Affairs. ISBN 978-1586480271 .
References
^ Jill Abramson (April 23, 2001). "Meg Greenfield's Secret Book Offers Insights but No Dish" . The New York Times .
^ Adam Clymer (April 29, 2001). "Big Potomac High School: Posthumously, Meg Greenfield says what she thinks of Washington" . The New York Times .
^ Harmon, Daniel P. "Meg Greenfield Biography" . University of Washington . Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
^ McManus, Jeanne (May 25, 2014). "My Mercurial, brutal, brilliant woman boss" . The Washington Post . p. A17.
^ Smith, J. Y. (May 14, 1999). "Newsweek Columnist Meg Greenfield Dies" . The Washington Post . p. A1.
^ Barringer, Felicity (May 14, 1999). "Meg Greenfield, Who Shaped Washington Post's Editorial Page, Dies at 68" . The New York Times .
^ "Meg Greenfield of The Washington Post" . Pulitzer Prize . Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
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