Jimmy Breslin Biography

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NAME: Jimmy Breslin
OCCUPATION: Journalist, Author
BIRTH DATE: c. October 17, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH: Jamaica, New York
Full Name: James Earl Breslin

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Self-described ‘street reporter’ Jimmy Breslin wrote columns for a sequence of New York papers. Also a novelist, he won a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

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Synopsis

Jimmy Breslin was born October 17 1930 in Queens, New York, USA. Starting as a sportswriter for the New York Herald Tribune, he evolved into a self-described ‘street reporter’. His columns, for a sequence of New York papers, offered vignettes, character sketches, and commentary, in a scrappy, colloquial style. Also a novelist, he won a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

Profile

Journalist, born in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, USA. Starting as a sportswriter for the New York Herald Tribune, he evolved into a self-described ‘street reporter’. His columns, for a sequence of New York papers, offered vignettes, character sketches, and commentary, in a scrappy, colloquial style. Also a novelist, he won a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Recent works include 2002’s I Don’t Want to Go to Jail: A Novel and 2004’s The Church That Forgot Christ. He also wrote a memoir in 1997, I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me.