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Robert Elegant is an American writer and journalist. He was born on March 7, 1928 in New York City. He is best known for his work as a foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1966. Elegant attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1950. He then went on to study at the University of London, where he earned a master's degree in 1952. Elegant began his career as a journalist in 1953, when he joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times. He worked as a foreign correspondent for the paper, covering stories in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In 1966, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War. Elegant has written several books, including The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire (1972), The Last Empress (1975), and The End of an Era (1980). He has also written for numerous magazines, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The New Republic. Elegant is 95 years old. He has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

Popular As Robert Sampson Elegant
Occupation Journalist
Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 7 March 1928
Birthday 7 March
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death June 20, 2023
Died Place London, England
Nationality United States

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1956

In Delhi, India on April 16, 1956, painter Moira Clarissa Brady became his wife. She died of cancer January 19, 1999. Elegant married author and editor Ursula Rosemary Righter (née Douglas) on May 10, 2003, in Italy.

1951

Elegant holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (AB, Phi Beta Kappa); and Columbia University (MA, Far Eastern studies, MS journalism, Distinguished Alumnus Award), as well as a diploma of proficiency in Chinese from Yale University. He has been a Pulitzer Prize traveling fellow (1951) and received an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award in 1967 for A Kind of Treason, among the best first mystery thriller novels of the preceding year.

1928

Robert Sampson Elegant (born March 7, 1928) is a British-American author and journalist born in New York City. He spent many years in Asia as a journalist. The Asian settings of all but one of his novels reflect that experience. He covered both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars, as well as four or five lesser conflicts. His latest novel, Cry Peace, is centered on the Korean War.