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Michael T. Kaufman (March 23, 1938 -- January 15, 2010) was a writer for the New York Times. He won the 1978 George Polk Award for foreign reporting for coverage of Africa. About the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394554868/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0394554868&linkCode=as2&tag=tra0c7-20&linkId=0fe496196cce54dbb823cdb0e4e94a32 Kaufman was born in Paris and the only only child of Adam and Pauline Kaufman. Pauline was a teacher and Adam was an economist. In 1940, when the Nazis invaded France, the Kaufman family moved to Spain and in 1941 sailed from Lisbon to New York. He grew up in Manhattan and at age 13, sold ice cream. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1954 and obtained his degree to City College in 1959. After graduating college, Kaufman taught school in Harlem but after a few months to become a copy editor at the Times in 1959. During his 40 years at the New York Times, Kaufman worked as a foreign correspondent, reporter, and columnist. As a correspondent, he traveled the world and interviewed a number of prestigious individuals. He also wrote for The New York Times Magazine and, after retiring in 1999, wrote obituaries of world and national leaders. Kaufman wrote seven books and thousands of articles that covered wars, revolutions, politics, and the 1960s in America. "Mad Dreams, Saving Graces: Poland: A Nation in Conspiracy" (1989) "Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire" (2003) "The Collapse of Communism" (1991) "The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Empire" (1992) Kaufman was married to his wife Rebecca in 1960 and they lived in Manhattan, New York. Together they had two sons, Noah and Seth; a daughter, Susan; and six grandchildren. He died at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center from pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. More than a year after his death, Kaufman was included in the byline for the New York Times obituary of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_T._Kaufman