Malcolm Browne
Malcolm W. Browne (1933) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and photographer. His best known work is
the award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc in 1963
Browne's career in journalism began when he was drafted during the Korean War [1], and assigned to the Pacific edition of the Stars and Stripes. He subsequently joined the Associated Press and worked in Baltimore from 1959 to 1961, at which point he was made chief correspondent for Indochina.
In 1968, he joined the New York Times, and in 1972 became their correspondent for South America. In 1977, he became a science writer, and served as a senior editor for Discover, returning to the Times in 1985. In 1991, he covered the Persian Gulf War.
Honors and awards
- World Press Photo of the Year (1963)
- Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1964)
- George Polk award for courage in journalism [2]
- Overseas Press Club Award
- James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public, American Chemical Society (1992)
- Honorary Member, Sigma Xi (2002) [3]
Works
- Browne, Malcolm W. Muddy Boots and Red Socks, Random House: New York, 1993, ISBN: 0812963520 (autobiography)
- Saigon's Finale (article on U.S. military defeat in Vietnam)
External links
- Malcolm Browne interviewed by Charlie Rose, 1995.
| Vietnam War correspondents | |
|---|---|
| Print journalists | R.W. Apple •
Peter Arnett • Peter Braestrup • Malcolm Browne • |
| Broadcast journalists | Ed Bradley • Walter Cronkite • Murray Fromson • Bernard Kalb • Douglas Kiker • John Laurence • Peter Arnett • Dale Minor • Roger Mudd • Dan Rather • Clete Roberts • Morley Safer • Bob Simon |
| Photographers | Eddie Adams • Larry Burrows • Robert Capa • Charles Chellapah • David Douglas Duncan • Charles Eggleston • Horst Faas • Philip Jones Griffiths • Dirck Halstead • Henri Huet • Catherine Leroy • Tim Page • Co Rentmeester • Toshio Sakai • Kyoichi Sawada • Shigeru Tamura • Nick Ut |
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