Russell Baker
1925 - 2019
General Information
Bio
(1925-2019) Journalist, writer. Russell Baker was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and died in Leesburg, Virginia. He moved to New York City in 1974.
Full Name
Russell Baker
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
1925
BIRTH
Russell Wayne Baker was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, on August 14, 1925.
1961
LITWORK
An American in Washington
Alfred A. Knopf
Nonfiction.
Alfred A. Knopf
Nonfiction.
1964
LITWORK
No Cause for Panic
Lippincott
Collection of columns.
Lippincott
Collection of columns.
1964
LITWORK
Baker's Dozen
New York Times
Collection of columns.
New York Times
Collection of columns.
1965
LITWORK
All Things Considered
J B Lippincott Company
Collection of columns.
J B Lippincott Company
Collection of columns.
1968
LITWORK
Our Next President: The Incredible Story of What Happened in the 1968 Elections
Atheneum
Novel.
Atheneum
Novel.
1974
OTHER
Mr. Baker became a columnist for The New York Times in 1962 and retired from his "Observer" column in 1998. He moved to New York City in 1974. He won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary.
1980
LITWORK
So This Is Depravity
Congdon and Latt��es
0865530009 / 978-0865530003
Collection of essays.
Congdon and Latt��es
0865530009 / 978-0865530003
Collection of essays.
1982
LITWORK
Growing Up
Congdon & Weed / Distributed by St. Martin's Press
0865530548 / 978-0865530546
Autobiography and winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for biography.
Congdon & Weed / Distributed by St. Martin's Press
0865530548 / 978-0865530546
Autobiography and winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for biography.
1983
LITWORK
The Rescue of Miss Yaskell: And Other Pipe Dreams
Congdon & Weed
0312927304 / 978-0312930318
Collection of essays.
Congdon & Weed
0312927304 / 978-0312930318
Collection of essays.
1989
LITWORK
The Good Times
William Morrow & Company, Inc.
0688061702 / 978-0688061708
Memoir.
William Morrow & Company, Inc.
0688061702 / 978-0688061708
Memoir.
2002
LITWORK
Looking Back
New York Review of Books
1590170083 / 978-1590170083
Collection of essays.
New York Review of Books
1590170083 / 978-1590170083
Collection of essays.
2019
DEATH
Russell Baker died at his home in Leesburg, Virginia, on January 21, 2019.
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