Irving Raskin Levin ( born Irving R. Levine ; August 26, 1922 - March 27, 2009 [1] ) is an American journalist and writer , correspondent for NBC News . During his 45-year career, Levin worked in more than two dozen countries around the world. He was the only correspondent for American television accredited in the USSR , later wrote three books about life in the USSR, which became bestsellers .
| Irving Raskin Levin | |
|---|---|
| Irving R. Levine | |
| Date of Birth | August 26, 1922 |
| Place of Birth | Pawtucket , Rhode Island , USA |
| Date of death | March 27, 2009 (86 years old) |
| Place of death | Washington , DC , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | journalist , writer , analyst , publicist |
| Years of creativity | 1950 - 2004 |
| Direction | journalism |
| Language of Works | English |
Content
Career
Irving R. Levin was born in Potaket, Rhode Island , his parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine and had a small store . Irving graduated from Brown University and from an early age dreamed of a career as an international journalist. Levin took up journalism when he began to write obituaries in The Providence Journal . During World War II, Irving served in the communications forces [1] .
After graduating from postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Journalism at Columbia University , Levin began working at the International News Service . After the outbreak of war in Korea in 1950, he began to work actively in the NBC news service. After that he visited more than twenty countries (including the USSR ) and wrote many popular articles and reports. He later recalled that in 1955 in the USSR he was offered to become a spy, but he refused, and, despite surveillance and threats, he continued to write about life in the USSR [2] .
In 1960, he wrote the Travel Guide to Russia, which received a satirical review in the journal Crocodile [3] .
Later he was sent to Rome , where he worked for 12 years, also worked in Vienna and Tokyo . Levin wrote reports on the construction of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the Second Vatican Council in 1961 , and in 1968 - on the invasion of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia .
After returning to the United States in 1971 , Levin became the main correspondent for the NBC economic column. Time magazine wrote about him as a pioneer of economic journalism on television [1] .
Levin became a very famous journalist and writer, his distinctive features were wearing a bow tie and impeccable diction . Irving participated in the Saturday Night Live show , starred in the Murphy Brown series, and gave interviews to David Letterman and Jay Leno .
After retiring in 1995 , Levin became dean of Lynn University , an international cooperation school in Boca Raton, Florida . He quit from there in 2004 [4] .
Family
In 1957, Levin married Nancy Cartmell Jones, who worked on the Dave Garroway show. They have three children: Daniel, Jeffrey S. B. and Jennifer J. Levin.
Works
- Main Street, USSR (1959), was named by the New York Times as one of the "100 Best Books of the Year" [1] .
- Travel Guide to Russia (1960);
- The New Worker in Soviet Russia (1973).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Weber, Bruce . Irving R. Levine, NBC News Correspondent, Dies at 86 , The New York Times (March 28, 2009). Date of treatment March 28, 2009.
- ↑ Irving R. Levine, “Be My Spy - Or Else” , New York Times , Opinion , August 14, 2001, accessed May 11, 2011
- ↑ Mark Vilensky. The guide is in the wrong direction. Crocodile, 1960 No. 14 (1592) , S.9-10
- ↑ AP Obituary: Irving R. Levine , Legacy.com
References and Literature
- Irving R. Levin , American Entertainment International Speakers (AEIS) Bureau .
- Levin Irving Raskin // Ivanyan E.A. Encyclopedia of Russian-American Relations. XVIII-XX centuries. - Moscow: International Relations, 2001. - 696 p. - ISBN 5-7133-1045-0 .