Anthony Lewis

Anthony Lewis
Lewis in 1985
Born
Joseph Anthony Lewis

(1927-03-27)March 27, 1927
New York City, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 2013(2013-03-25) (aged 85)
Alma materHarvard University (AB)
OccupationJournalist
Known forPulitzer Prize for National Reporting (1955)
Spouse(s)Linda J. Rannells (1951–1982; divorced; 3 children)
(m. 1984)

Joseph Anthony Lewis (March 27, 1927 – March 25, 2013) was an American public intellectual and journalist. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and was a columnist for The New York Times. He is credited with creating the field of legal journalism in the United States.

Early in Lewis' career as a legal journalist, Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter told an editor of The New York Times: "I can't believe what this young man achieved. There are not two justices of this court who have such a grasp of these cases."[1] At his death, Nicholas B. Lemann, the dean of Columbia University School of Journalism, said: "At a liberal moment in American history, he was one of the defining liberal voices."[2]

  1. ^ Liptak, Adam (March 25, 2013). "Anthony Lewis, Supreme Court Reporter Who Brought Law to Life, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. ^ Fandos, Nicholas P. (March 26, 2013). "Anthony Lewis '48, Pulitzer Winner and Crimson Mentor, Dies at 85". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 27, 2013.