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Anna Quindlen
American author and journalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.
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Born | (1952-07-08) July 8, 1952 (age 72) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | Barnard College |
Occupation(s) | Columnist, novelist |
Spouse | Gerald Krovatin (m. 1978; div. 2021) |
Website | https://annaquindlen.net |
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Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times.[1] Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing (1994) served as the basis for the 1998 film starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger.