Sylvia Nasar
Author of A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
About the Author
Sylvia Nasar was born in Rosenheim, Germany on August 17, 1947. She received a bachelor's degree in literature from Antioch College in 1970 and master's degree in economics from New York University in 1976. She is an economist and author. Her books include A Beautiful Mind, which inspired the show more academy award winning movie, and Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius. She was an economics correspondent for the New York Times and is the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Business Journalism at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in several publications including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Newsweek. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical name
- Nasar, Sylvia
- Other names
- NASAR, Sylvia
- Birthdate
- 1947-08-17
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Germany (birth)
USA - Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Rosenheim, Germany
- Places of residence
- Ankara, Turkey
Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
Tarrytown, New York, USA - Education
- Antioch College (1970 | BA | literature)
New York University (1976 | MA | economics) - Occupations
- economist
journalist
professor
author - Relationships
- McLeod, Darryl (husband)
- Organizations
- The New York Times
Columbia University
Fortune
U.S. News & World Report - Awards and honors
- National Book Critics Circle Award (1998)
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2011)
Pulitzer Prize (1998) - Short biography
- Sylvia Nasar is a German born economist, author and journalist. Educated in Turkey and the USA she is now the Knight Chair at the Graduate School of Journalism in Columbia University.
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