Lars-Erik Nelson
American journalist (1941–2000)
Lars-Erik Nelson (October 15, 1941 – November 20, 2000) was an American journalist, political columnist and author best known for his syndicated column in the New York Daily News.
Background
Lars-Erik Nelson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the eldest child of immigrants who met while studying art at Cooper Union. He grew up in Riverdale, attended Bronx High School of Science, and was a New York State Regents Scholar. In 1963, Nelson graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Russian. He also was fluent in Czech, French and Swedish.
Career
Nelson subsequently worked at the Digest of Soviet Press, The Bergen County Record, and The New York Herald Tribune. Nelson went to work for the Riverdale Press before joining Reuters in 1967 as a correspondent. He was posted in Moscow, London, and Prague, where in 1968 he covered the Prague Spring. Nelson covered the State Department for Newsweek, from 1977 until 1979, when he left to join The New York Daily News Washington staff. Shortly after beginning his career at the Daily News, Nelson won an Albert Merriman Smith Memorial Award, named after the longtime reporter for United Press International, for writing under deadline pressure.
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