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Madeleine Blais

b. 1947

American journalist, professor

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About Madeleine Blais

Born 1947. Madeleine Blais is an American journalist, writer and newspaperperson.

Madeleine Blais (born 1947) is an American journalist, author and professor in the University of Massachusetts Amherst's journalism department. As a reporter for the Miami Herald, Blais earned the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1980 for "Zepp's Last Stand", a story about a self-declared pacifist and subsequently dishonorably discharged World War I veteran. Blais has worked at The Boston Globe (1971–1972), The Trenton Times (1974–1976) and the Miami Herald (1979–1987). She has also published articles in The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Northeast Magazine in the Hartford Courant, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, Nieman Reports, the Detroit Free Press and the San Jose Mercury News.

Works

In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995,

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Important facts

Born
1947
Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of New Rochelle
Employers
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Family & relationships

Spouse
John Katzenbach

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Madeleine Blais's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Madeleine Blais?

American journalist, professor

When was Madeleine Blais born?

Madeleine Blais was born in 1947.

What is Madeleine Blais's occupation?

Madeleine Blais is a journalist, writer and newspaperperson.

What nationality is Madeleine Blais?

Madeleine Blais is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Madeleine Blais

· Wikidata: Q12053172

· DBpedia: Madeleine Blais

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