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Joseph Salem Lelyveld (born April 5, 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American journalist. He was executive editor of ''
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'' from 1994 to 2001, and interim executive editor in 2003 after the resignation of
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. He is a
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-winning journalist and author, and a frequent contributor to the ''
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''.


Early life and education

Lelyveld received B.A. and M.A. degrees from
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in 1958 and 1959. He also received his M.S. degree from Columbia University in 1960.


Career


''The New York Times''

In all, Lelyveld worked at ''
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'' for nearly 40 years, beginning in 1962. At the ''Times'', he went from
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to
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within three years. He was also a foreign
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of ''The New York Times'', and its
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.


Authorship

Among Lelyveld's books is '' Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White'', based on his reporting from
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, South Africa, in the 1960s and 1980s. He received the
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in 1986 for ''Move Your Shadow.'' Lelyveld's book '' Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India'' was banned in the
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of
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from publication for allegedly insinuating that the subject,
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
, was in a
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or homophilic relationship. This ban received a unanimous vote in favor of the state of Gujarat in April 2011 by Gujarat's state assembly.


Personal life

Lelyveld lives in
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and has two daughters. He is of
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descent. Nita Lelyveld, a daughter of Joseph Lelyveld, was named as "city editor" of the ''
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'' in 2021.


Works

* "House of Bondage: A South African Black Man Exposes in His Own Pictures and Words the Bitter Life of His Homeland Today" (the foreword to a book by Ernest Cole). New York:
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, 1967. LCCN 67-21147. * '' Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White'' New York:
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, 1985. . * ''Omaha Blues: A Memory Loop.'' New York:
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, 2005. . * '' Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India''
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, 2011. . * ''His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt''Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. .


References


Further reading


"Gandhi book ban 'shameful', says author Joseph Lelyveld"
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''. Press Trust of India. March 31, 2011.
"Gujarat govt bans Lelyveld's book on Mahatma Gandhi"
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''.
Press Trust of India The Press Trust of India Ltd., commonly known as PTI, is the largest news agency in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 500 Indian newspapers. It has over 500 full-time employees , including abo ...
. March 30, 2011.
"Intellectuals oppose banning controversial book on Gandhi"
''The Times of India''. Press Trust of India. March 31, 2011. *Editors of Advocate.com (March 31, 2011)
"India State Bans "Gay" Gandhi Book"
'' The Advocate''. *Joshi, Prakash; Shivadekar, Sanjeev (March 30, 2011)
"State may ban book on Gandhi"
''The Times of India''. *Mukul, Akshaya (March 30, 2011)
"Too much read into Gandhi book?"
''
The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest se ...
''. *Prakash, Satya (March 30, 2011)
"Ban may not withstand judicial scrutiny"
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Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh L ...
''. *Roberts, Andrew (March 26, 2011)
"Among the Hagiographers"
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The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
''. *Thite, Dinesh; Jadhav, Ashish (March 30, 2011)
"Centre to ban book on Mahatma: Veerappa Moily"
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Daily News and Analysis ''Zee Media Corporation Limited'' (abbreviated as ZMCL; formerly Zee News Limited) is the news broadcasting company of the Essel Group which is controlled by Subhash Chandra. The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of news ...
''.


External links

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Lelyveld audio interview reporting from the 2008 Republican National Convention
for ''
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Review of Lelyveld's Gandhi biography
by
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, July 2011 in ''
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