David Cort

David Cort
Born(1904-07-05)July 5, 1904
DiedOctober 11, 1983(1983-10-11) (aged 79)
EducationColumbia University
Occupationswriter (journalist, columnist, editor, prose writer)
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Notable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1971)

David Cort (July 5, 1904 – October 11, 1983) was a 20th-century American writer (journalist, columnist, editor, and prose writer), best known as foreign news editor at Life magazine.

Background

In 1924, Cort graduated from Columbia University, where he had been editor of The Jester and a member of the Philolexian Society.


Career

By the late 1920s, Cort had become a contributor to Vanity Fair magazine.

In 1932, he joined Time magazine as assistant foreign news editor.

In 1936, he moved to Life as foreign news editor. He is best known for his work there in selecting and captioning photographs shot during World War II.

He also contributed to The Nation magazine and The New York Times Book Review.

Personal and death

Cort had one son.

He died age 79 on October 11, 1983, in New York City.

Awards

Works

Books:

Articles:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "David Cort, Author, Is Dead; Former Foreign Editor at Life". The New York Times. 15 October 1983. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (1955). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
  3. ↑ Barzun, Jacques, ed. (1927). Samplings and Chronicles: Being the Continuation of the Philolexian Society History, With Literary Selections, From 1912 to 1927. Columbia University. p. 83. Retrieved 2026-09-22.
  4. ↑ "David Cort". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Cort, David (1974). The Sin of Henry R. Luce: An Anatomy of Journalism. L. Stewart. ISBN 9780818402012. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

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