Cyrus l sulzberger biography of christopher columbus

American journalist, diarist and non-fiction writer

For his grandfather, see Cyrus Leopold Sulzberger.

Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II (October 27, – September 20, ) was an American journalist, diarist, and non-fiction writer.

He was a member of the family that owned The New York Times and he was that newspaper's lead foreign correspondent during the s and s.

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Biography

Sulzberger was born in New York City on October 27, to Leo Sulzberger (–). He was the nephew of Arthur Hays Sulzberger, who was publisher of The New York Times from to ^[1][2] He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in Cy, as he was commonly called, joined the family paper in and was soon covering stories oversea as Europe edged toward World War II.

Among the reporters who worked for him during the war were Drew Middleton and James Reston. He served as a foreign affairs correspondent for 40 years and wrote two dozen books in his lifetime.^[2] His skil