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William Walter Prochnau (August 9, 1937 – March 28, 2018)[1][2][3][4] was an American journalist. In 1996 he began working for Vanity Fair as a contributing editor.[5]
Career
Before working for Vanity Fair, Prochnau was the Washington-bureau chief for The Seattle Times and also served as a national affairs reporter for The Washington Post. He reported from Southeast Asia and Vietnam. He made two tours of Vietnam in 1965 and 1967. Prochnau wrote articles which include the profile of Pat Robertson and a report on the kidnapping of multinational businessmen held for ransom.[5] His work on the Vietnam War while at the Seattle Times landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
Works
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 Booknotes interview with Prochnau on Once Upon a Distant War, January 14, 1996, C-SPAN |
Prochnau had two movies created from the works he wrote.[6]: His Vanity Fair article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" inspired the 2000 film Proof of Life. His novel Trinity's Child was the basis for 1990's By Dawn's Early Light.[5]
He also wrote Once Upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett--Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles,[5] about the experiences of Halberstam, Sheehan, and Arnett reporting from Vietnam.
Awards and honors
Prochnau won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship[7] in 1988 to research and write about the media as it operated in the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
Personal life
Prochnau's second marriage was to Laura Parker.[4] Together they wrote articles for Vanity Fair. They resided together in Washington, DC. Laura Parker also covers aviation for The Washington Post and served as a national correspondent for USA Today for ten years.[6]
References
- ^ https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/William-Prochnau-Vanity-Fair-journalist-and-12806252.php
- ^ http://allofit.net/william-prochnau-journalist-and-author-is-dead-at-80/
- ^ Who's Who in Entertainment. Third edition, 1998–1999. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1997.
- ^ a b https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/william-prochnau-vanity-fair-journalist-and-best-selling-author-dies-at-80/2018/04/04/234a22fc-3388-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83_story.html
- ^ a b c d "William Prochnau". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "William Prochnau with Laura Parker". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship
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