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Thomas L. Friedman won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for commentary,
his third Pulitzer for The New York Times. He became the paper's
foreign-affairs columnist in 1995. Previously, he served as chief
economic correspondent in the Washington bureau and before that
he was the chief White House correspondent.
Mr. Friedman joined The Times in 1981 and was appointed Beirut
bureau chief in 1982. In 1984 Mr. Friedman was transferred from
Beirut to Jerusalem, where he served as Israel bureau chief until
1988. Mr. Friedman was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for international
reporting (from Lebanon) and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for international
reporting (from Israel). His book, "From Beirut to Jerusalem"
(1989), won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 1989. His
latest book, "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" (2000),
won the 2000 Overseas Press Club award for best nonfiction book
on foreign policy and has been published in 20 languages. He also
wrote the text accompanying Micha Bar-Am's book, "Israel:
A Photobiography."
Born in Minneapolis on July 20, 1953, Mr. Friedman received a
B.A. degree in Mediterranean studies from Brandeis University
in 1975. In 1978 he received a Master of Philosophy degree in
Modern Middle East studies from Oxford. Mr. Friedman is married
and has two daughters.
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