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(1898-1959) Journalist. Meyer Berger was born in New York City. He was a journalist for The New York Times where he was known for his column, “About New York.”

Full Name

Meyer 'Mike' Berger

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Early in his life, Mr. Berger's family lived in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Berger lived in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York.

1898

BIRTH

Meyer Berger was born in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, on September 1, 1898.

1928

OTHER

Mr. Berger worked for The New York Times from 1928 until 1959, except for a short time when he worked for The New Yorker.

1942

LITWORK

The Eight Million: A Journal of a New York Correspondent
Simon & Schuster

Nonfiction.

1950

OTHER

Mr. Berger won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting in 1950 for his 4,000 word account of a mass murder in Camden, New Jersey.

1951

LITWORK

The Story Of The New York Times 1851-1951
Simon & Schuster
1299858686 / 978-1299858688
Nonfiction.

1959

DEATH

Meyer Berger died on February 8, 1959.

1959

INTERMENT

Meyer Berger was interred at Riverside Cemetery, Saddle Brook, Bergen County, New Jersey.

1960

LITWORK

Meyer Berger's New York
Random House, New York

Collection of Mr. Berger's "About New York" columns.

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