American commentator, journalist, and novelist (born 1957)
Leonard Pitts
Pitts at 2015 Texas Book Festival
Born
(1957-10-11) October 11, 1957 (age 66)
Orange, California, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Southern California
Occupations
Commentator
journalist
novelist
columnist
Leonard Garvey Pitts Jr. (born October 11, 1957)[1] is an American commentator, journalist, and novelist. He is a nationally syndicated columnist[2] and winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He was originally hired by the Miami Herald to critique music, but quickly received his own column, in which he has dealt extensively with race, politics, and culture from a progressive perspective.[3]
Raised in Los Angeles and educated at the University of Southern California, Pitts currently lives in Bowie, Maryland. He has won awards for his writing from the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and the National Association of Black Journalists, and he was first nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1993, eventually claiming the honor in 2004.[4]
Pitts is a bestselling author. His first book, Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood, was published in 2006. His first novel, Before I Forget, was released in March 2009, and earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The novel centers on a faded soul singer whose early-onset Alzheimer's disease compels him to reconnect with his father and son. Pitts's third book, Forward from This Moment: Selected Columns, 1994–2008, was published in August 2009. It is a selection of his columns from the Miami Herald.
Pitts gained national recognition for his widely circulated column of September 12, 2001, "We'll go forward from this moment", in which he described the toughness of the American spirit in the face of the September 11 attacks.[5]
^"Leonard Pitts". Who's Who Online.
^"Leonard Pitts Jr. columns". Tribune Content Agency. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
^Pitts, Leonard Jr. (April 4, 2016). "Column: So, Leonard Pitts, are you liberal or are you conservative?". Miami Herald.
^Fish, Stanley (March 14, 2011). "So's Your Old Man". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
^Pitts, Leonard Jr. (September 12, 2001). "We'll Go Forward From This Moment". Miami Herald.
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