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(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.

1964

LITWORK

No Cause for Panic
Lippincott

Collection of columns.

1964

LITWORK

Baker's Dozen
New York Times

Collection of columns.

1965

LITWORK

All Things Considered
J B Lippincott Company

Collection of columns.

1968

LITWORK

Our Next President: The Incredible Story of What Happened in the 1968 Elections
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.

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.

1983

LITWORK

The Rescue of Miss Yaskell: And Other Pipe Dreams
Congdon & Weed
0312927304 / 978-0312930318
Collection of essays.

1989

LITWORK

The Good Times
William Morrow & Company, Inc.
0688061702 / 978-0688061708
Memoir.

2002

LITWORK

Looking Back
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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