Background
Franks, Lucinda Laura was born on July 16, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Thomas Edward and Lorraine Lois (Leavitt) Franks.
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Lucinda Laura Franks
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Lucinda Laura Franks, American Journalist. Recipient Pulitizer prize for national reporting, 1971, New York Newspaper Writers Association award, 1971; National Headliners award, Society Silurians journalism award, 1976. Member American Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Club (membership board), Author's League, Council on Foreign Rels., Writers Rm. Inc. (past president).
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1968.
Career
Journalist specializing youth affairs, civil strife in Northern Ireland, United Press International, London, 1968-1973; Journalist specializing youth affairs, civil strife in Northern Ireland, New York Times, New York City, 1974-1977; freelance writer, New York Times Magazine freelance writer, New York Times Book Review freelance writer, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, New York magazine, The Nation. Visiting professor Vassar College, 1977-1982. Ferris professor journalism Princeton University, 1983.
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Membership
Member American Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Club (membership board), Author's League, Council on Foreign Rels., Writers Rm. Inc. (past president).
Connections
Married Robert M. Morgenthau, November 1977. Children: Joshua Franks Morgenthau, Amy Elinor Morgenthau.
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Recipient Pulitizer prize for national reporting, 1971, New York Newspaper Writers Association award, 1971. National Headliners award, Society Silurians journalism award, 1976.Recipient Pulitizer prize for national reporting, 1971, New York Newspaper Writers Association award, 1971. National Headliners award, Society Silurians journalism award, 1976.