Elizabeth Kolbert
出生: July 06, 1961 – The Bronx, New York, United States
Elizabeth Kolbert is an American journalist and author focused on climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental science. She wrote The Sixth Extinction, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and Under a White Sky. As a longtime New Yorker staff writer, she has shaped public understanding of humanity’s impact on the planet.
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Elizabeth Kolbert’s career did not begin in environmental writing so much as arrive there through reporting, observation, and a growing sense that some stories outlast the daily political cycle. Raised first in the Bronx and then in Larchmont, New York, she graduated from Mamaroneck High School, studied literature at Yale, and held a Fulbright fellowship at the University of Hamburg. She started at The New York Times, where she worked as a reporter, served as Albany bureau chief, and wrote the Metro Matters column. After moving to The New Yorker in 1999, she began looking for subjects with a longer shelf life. A 2001 trip to Greenland became the crucial turning point, pushing her toward climate and science reporting. ((https://www.mamaroneckhistoricalsociety.org/directors-writers))
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"Elizabeth Kolbert offers well-composed snapshots of history, theory and observation that will fascinate, enlighten and appal many readers"
— The Guardian
"Elizabeth Kolbert's work exemplifies how specialized journalism can contribute decisively to tackling big environmental challenges"
— BBVA Foundation
"Elizabeth Kolbert's cautionary tale, The Sixth Extinction, offers us a cogent overview of a harrowing biological challenge"
— Barry Lopez
"In 'Under a White Sky,' Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert argues that even well-intentioned technological fixes risk making matters worse"
— The Washington Post
"I tore through Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction with a mix of awe and terror"
— Dava Sobel
"Elizabeth Kolbert tells it with imagination, rigor, deep reporting, and a capacious curiosity"
— David Quammen
"Kolbert is one of our most important and lucid voices on climate change, and she's been ringing the bell for longer than most"
— Literary Hub
"With her usual lucid and lovely prose, Elizabeth Kolbert lays out the sad and gripping facts of our moment on earth"
— Bill McKibben
"Elizabeth Kolbert writes with an aching beauty of the impact of our species on all the other forms of life known in this cold universe"
— T.C. Boyle
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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