Anemona Hartocollis Explained

Anemona Maria Hartocollis (3 November 1955) is a Swiss-born American journalist for The New York Times.

Biography

Hartocollis was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and raised in the Potwin neighborhood of Topeka, Kansas.^{[1] [2]} Her father was Peter Hartocollis, a Greek psychoanalyst and former director of Topeka's C.F. Menninger Memorial Hospital.^[3] Hartocollis graduated in 1977 from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in comparative literature where she was a reporter at The Harvard Crimson. She has twice won the Front Page Award from Newswomen's Club of New York.

She began covering education for the Times in 1997.^[4]

She wrote the book Seven Days of Possibilities: One Teacher, 24 Kids, and the Music That Changed Their Lives Forever, published in 2004, based on a series of articles published in the Times.

Hartocollis was married to her husband, fellow Times writer Josh Barbanel, until his death from cancer in July 2021.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Global Distinguished Lecture 2016: Anemona Hartocollis of the New York Times South Asia Center . 2023-10-18 . www.southasiacenter.upenn.edu.
2. News: Hartocollis . Anemona . 11 November 2016 . A Reporter Who's 'Not in Kansas Anymore' Suddenly Is . The New York Times . 18 October 2023.
3. Web site: Former Menninger clinic director dies at age 90 . 2023-10-18 . The Topeka Capital-Journal . en-US.
4. News: 7 June 2006 . Anemona Hartocollis . .
5. Web site: 2009-12-16 . Times Layoffs: Salkin, Konigsberg, Rimer, and More [Updated] ]. 2023-10-18 . Intelligencer . en.