Seymour Hersh

Seymour (Sy) Myron Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine on military and security matters. He has also won two National Magazine Awards and is a "five-time Polk winner and recipient of the 2004 George Orwell Award." He first gained worldwide recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cov... More

Date of birth:

  • Apr 8, 1937 (age 74 years)

Also known as:

  • Sy,
  • Seymour Myron Hersh
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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Winning work Notes/Description
  • 1970
  • For his exclusive disclosure of the Vietnam War tragedy at the hamlet of My Lai.
  • 1983
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National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Winners

Award Nominations:

Year Award Nominated work
  • 1973
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