About
Chris Hedges, born September 18, 1956, in Vermont, is an American journalist and author. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School, he was a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades, covering conflicts in over 50 countries for The New York Times, where he served as Middle East and Balkan bureau chief. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for coverage of global terrorism. After resigning from The New York Times in 2003 to oppose the Iraq War, he has written numerous books critical of American society, including 'War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning' and 'Empire of Illusion'. He also teaches in the New Jersey prison system.
* 1956-09-18
Major works
- War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002)non-fiction
- American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (2007)non-fiction
- Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009)non-fiction
- Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012)illustrated non-fiction
- Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison (2021)memoir
Key milestones
- 2002Won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting as part of The New York Times team.
- 2003Resigned from The New York Times after being reprimanded for publicly opposing the Iraq War.
- 2013Began teaching college-credit courses in the New Jersey prison system.
Themes
Critique of militarismDecline of democracyEconomic inequalityMedia powerResistance and activism
Sources: id.loc.gov · pbs.org