Henry Allen (journalist) explained

Henry Allen
Education:Hamilton College
Montgomery College
Occupation:Journalist, Critic, Artist, Poet
Years Active:1970-present
Awards:American Academy of Poets prize
Pulitzer Prize, 2000
Spouse:Deborah
Credits:The Washington Post (1970–2009)

Henry Southworth Allen (born 1941 in Summit, New Jersey) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, journalist, poet, and artist.[1]

Biography

Education

Allen obtained his degree in English and art at Hamilton College and Montgomery College.

Career

Allen began his painting and drawing in the late 1960s.[2]

He was a stationed in Vietnam in the mid-1960s[3] as a U.S. Marine.

Allen was a critic for The New York Review of Books and worked on staff for the New Haven Register.[4] As a staff writer for the Style section, he worked at The Washington Post for 39 years. In 1975, he was awarded a NEH Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan.[5] He left The Washington Post in 2009 after an altercation with a fellow staffer (although he had already announced his resignation and was planning on leaving a few weeks later).

Allen then began teaching courses in cultural analysis in the University of Maryland honors program.

Allen had solo shows in June 2009 at the Mansion at Strathmore_(Maryland) and in August 2012 at the Chebeague Island Library.

Awards and honors

Allen was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2000 for his writings in The Washington Post on photography.[6]

Appearances

He appeared on the Colbert Report, February 2, 2010.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henry Allen. Henry Allen Studio. 8 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Taghizadeh. Tara. A Conversation With Henry Allen: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Artist, Renaissance Man. 20 June 2012 . High Brown Magazine. 8 May 2013.
  3. Wemple, Erik. "Allen v. Roig-Franzia: From the Beginning," Washington City Paper (November 2, 2009).
  4. Web site: What It Felt Like, by Henry Allen . 2024-07-17 . www.mitchellspublications.com.
  5. Press release. "$5 Million from Knight Foundation and $1 Million from Mike Wallace Launch New Era for Journalism Fellows at the University of Michigan Program Renamed The Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan," Knight Foundation website (Sep 28, 2002).
  6. Web site: The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Criticism. The Pulitzer Prizes. 16 January 2011.