Jacques Leslie is an

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and

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. He was a war correspondent for the ''

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'' during the

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. His wife's name is Leslie and, therefore, goes by the name of Leslie Leslie.

Education

Leslie obtained his B.A. in American Studies from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

and graduated with departmental honors. He was a Yale-China fellow from 1968–70 and was a tutor in English at Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Awards and honors

Leslie has won a number of awards for his work which include: *Winner, 2006 Drunken Boat Panliterary Award in Nonfiction for "Lisa's Shoe." *Finalist, 2006 Northern California Book Award in Nonfiction for Deep Water. *Deep Water named one of the top science books of 2005 by Discover Magazine. *Winner, 2002 J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award for Deep Water. *Finalist, 2001 John B. Oakes Award in Distinguished Environmental Journalism, for "Running Dry: What Happens When the World No Longer Has Enough Freshwater?" published in Harper's Magazine, July 2000. *Recipient, Marin (California) Arts Council grant for Creative Nonfiction, 2003 and 1999. *The Mark named "one of the top censored books of 1995" by the 1996 Project Censored Yearbook. *Pulitzer Prize nomination, Los Angeles Times, for foreign correspondence (India), 1975. *Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for best newspaper foreign correspondence, 1973. *Winner, Overseas Press Club citation, 1973, "for incisive, consistently well-researched coverage of Vietnam and the Vietcong." *Pulitzer Prize Nomination, Los Angeles Times, for foreign correspondence (Vietnam), 1973.

Books

*Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, August 2005. *The Mark: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Vietnam and Cambodia, published by Four Walls Eight Windows in Spring, 1995.

Magazines

His work has been published in a number of magazines including: ''

The Atlantic Monthly ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'', ''

The New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. ...

'', ''Mother Jones'', ''Orion'', ''Wired'', '' OnEarth'', ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely ...

'', ''

Washington Monthly ''Washington Monthly'' is a bimonthly, nonprofit magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C. The magazine is known for its annual ranking of American colleges and universities, which serves as an alterna ...

'', ''

Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its contents include news and media industry trends, an ...

'', ''

Reader's Digest ''Reader's Digest'' is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wif ...

'', among many others.

References

External links

Red Room biography

Personal web site
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