Tad Szulc

Tadeusz Witold Szulc ( born July 25, 1926 in Warsaw, † 21 May 2001 Washington DC ) was an American journalist and nonfiction writer of Polish descent.

Szulc was born the son of Seweryn and Janina Baruch Szulc. In 1941 he emigrated to Brazil in 1949 he came to New York City.

In Washington, D.C. Szulc was outside correspondent of the New York Times by 1953 to 1972.

On April 6, 1961 Szulc wrote an article that predicted supported by the CIA invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. This invasion took place nine days later actually. After President Kennedy learned of this article, he personally led a conversation with the editor of the New York Times. Shortly thereafter, the said story was shortened in terms of importance and details.

Tadeusz Witold Szulc died of liver and lung cancer. He left behind a wife and a son and a daughter.

Works

  • Pope John Paul II: the biography. Pocket Books, New York 1996, ISBN 0-671-00047-0.
  • Fidel: a critical portrait. Morrow, New York, 1986, ISBN 0-688-04645-2.
  • To kill the Pope: an ecclesiastical thriller. Scribner, New York 2000, ISBN 0-684-83781-1.
  • Chopin in Paris: the life and times of the great composer. A Lisa Drew Book / Scribner, New York 1998, ISBN 0-306-80933-8.
  • Author
  • Journalist (United States)
  • Person (Warsaw)
  • Pole
  • Americans
  • Born in 1926
  • Died in 2001
  • Man
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