Alva Johnston
Encyclopedia
Alva Johnston was a Pulitzer Prize
-winning journalist, author, and biographer.
He started out at the Sacramento Bee in 1906. From 1912-1928, he wrote for The New York Times
and from 1928-1932 for the New York Herald Tribune
. From 1932 until his retirement, he wrote articles for The Saturday Evening Post
and The New Yorker
magazines. He won the Pulitzer in 1923 for articles he wrote during a convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
in 1922.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning journalist, author, and biographer.
He started out at the Sacramento Bee in 1906. From 1912-1928, he wrote for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
and from 1928-1932 for the New York Herald Tribune
New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald.Other predecessors, which had earlier merged into the New York Tribune, included the original The New Yorker newsweekly , and the Whig Party's Log Cabin.The paper was home to...
. From 1932 until his retirement, he wrote articles for The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
and The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
magazines. He won the Pulitzer in 1923 for articles he wrote during a convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
in 1922.
Works
- The Great Goldwyn (1937)
- The Case of Erle Stanley GardnerErle Stanley GardnerErle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author of detective stories, best known for the Perry Mason series, he also published under the pseudonyms A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J...
(1947) - The Legendary Mizners (1953)