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- Alex Kotlowitz (born March 31, 1955) is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker.
- He is the author of four books, including his most recent, An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago which received the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.
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Robert Kotlowitz
American author and television producer
Robert Kotlowitz (November 21, 1924 - August 25, 2012) was a television producer, documentary filmmaker, and writer. His 1972 novel Somewhere Else won the National Jewish Book Award. While a producer at WNET/THIRTEEN, he helped created a number of influential shows such as The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (later renamed PBS NewsHour) and Live at the Met, with the shows called "a high-water mark in American television."[1]
Life
Kotlowitz was born in 1924, in Madison, New Jersey. He was brought up in Baltimore. He was the son of Max and Debra Kotlowitz.[1]
In the summer of 1943, he was drafted out of college and given basic training at Fort Benning. And after 13 weeks of basic training, he was sent off to the University of Maine in Orono to study engineering as part of the Army Specialized Training Program. In 1944, he was assigned to the 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division. He sailed from New York Harbor on August 27, 1944, on the SS Brazil as part of a convoy of up to 100 shi
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Alex Kotlowitz
For years, Medill Professor Alex Kotlowitz has been telling stories from the heart of America, deeply intimate tales of struggle and perseverance. He is the author of four books, including his most recent, "An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago" which received the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize.
His other books include the national bestseller "There Are No Children Here," which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. It received the Helen B. Bernstein Award and was adapted as a television movie produced by and starring Oprah Winfrey. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year along with his second book, "The Other Side of the River," which also received The Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Nonfiction.
A former staff writer for The Wall Street Journal, Kotlowitz’s work has appeared in numerous anthologies and in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and on public radio’s This American Life. His documentary work includes The Interrupters,
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Alex Kotlowitz
American journalist, author, and filmmaker (born 1955)
Alex Kotlowitz (born March 31, 1955)[1] is an American journalist, author, and filmmaker. His 1991 book There Are No Children Here was a national bestseller and received the Christopher Award and Helen Bernstein Award. He is a two-time recipient of both the Peabody Award and the Dupont Award for journalism. He co-produced the 2011 documentary The Interrupters, based on his New York Times Magazine article, which received an Independent Spirit Award and Emmy Award.[2][3][4][5]
Biography
Kotlowitz was raised in New York City, the son of former New York public television executive and former Harper's Magazine editor Robert Kotlowitz.[6] Kotlowitz received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and is an alumnus of the Ragdale Foundation. His first journalism job was at a small alternative weekly in Lansing, Michigan. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife and two children.[citation needed]
Writing
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