Studs Terkel | |
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![]() Terkel in 1979 | |
Born | Louis Terkel May 16, 1912 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | October 31, 2008 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 96)
Pen name | Studs Terkel |
Occupation |
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Education | University of Chicago (PhB, JD) |
Years active | 1934โ2008 |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, 1985 |
Spouse |
Ida Goldberg
(m. 1939; died 1999) |
Children | 1 |
Website | |
studsterkel |
Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 โ October 31, 2008)[1] was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.