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- Born: April 8, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois
- Lives in Washington, D.C.
- His Yiddish-speaking parents emigrated to the U.S. from Lithuania and PolandColumbia Journalism Review: The Avenger: Sy Hersh, Then and Now (April 2003)
- His parents ran a dry-cleaning shopColumbia Journalism Review: The Avenger: Sy Hersh, Then and Now (April 2003)
- Has a fraternal twin, Alan, who is a physicistColumbia Journalism Review: The Avenger: Sy Hersh, Then and Now (April 2003)
- Graduated from the University of ChicagoColumbia Journalism Review: The Avenger: Sy Hersh, Then and Now (April 2003)
- Has written for United Press International, the Associated Press (AP) and the New York Times
- Freelance journalist and frequent contributor to The New Yorker
- Has won 5 George Polk Awards, the current recordThe George Polk Awards for Journalism: Winners of the 2004 George Polk Awards (February 21, 2005)
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Seymour Hersh is an award-winning American investigative journalist and regular contributor to The New Yorker. Hersh won a Pulitzer Prize as the first to report on the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War and he also helped uncover the American torture of Iraqis in the Abu Ghraib prison in 2004.The New Yorker: Torture at Abu Ghraib (May 10, 2004) In July 2008, Hersh reported the U.S. government is increasing funds for covert operations in Iran.The New Yorker: Preparing the Battlefield (July 7, 2008)
Notable Honors and Awards
- 1969: George Polk Award Special Award for his coverage of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam
- 1970: Pulitzer Prize (Investigative Reporting) for his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai
- 1982: Investigative Reporters & Editors Prize for his book The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House
- 1983: National Book Critics Circle Award
- 1992: Investigative Reporters & Editors Prize for study of American foreign policy and the Israeli nuclear bomb program, The Samson Option.
- 2004: George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting
- 2004: National Magazine Award for his three pieces, Lunch with the Chairman, Selective Intelligence, and The Stovepipe
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