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A Short Biography of Hal Boyle

Author Name:

Hal Boyle

Born As:

Harold Vincent Boyle

Other Names:

Born:

1911

Died:

1974




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Journalist                          
                          
                          
Pulitzer for correspondence- 1945                          
Started as a copy boy at the Kansas City Bureau of Associated Press, later became a reporter and was AP's first columnist. Won a Pulitzer prize in 1945 for columns and stories from the North African and European war theaters, wrote a book "Best of Boyle". Per the AP web site: "During 30 years with the AP Boyle wrote some 7,680 columns. He had more bylines than any other AP writer at the time of his retirement in 1974."  - Biography by: Bill Walker.