Eugene Linden (born 1947) is an American author of

non-fiction Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or content (media), media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real life, real world, rather than being grounded in imagination. Non-fiction typically aims to pre ...

books on

animal intelligence Animal cognition encompasses the mental capacities of non-human animals, including insect cognition. The study of animal conditioning and learning used in this field was developed from comparative psychology. It has also been strongly influ ...

, popular science,

technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

, the environment, and humanity's relationship with nature.

Biography

Linden was educated at

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."Eugene Linden"
encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2 December 2022. He lives in

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. Besides his books, Linden has published articles and essays in ''

Time Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

'', ''

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership or ...

'', ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

'' et al. He published a cover story on the demoralization of American forces in Vietnam in '' Saturday Review'', December 1971. Linden was a senior writer at '' Inc.'' in 1984, and a senior writer at ''

'' in 1987-1995, followed by a contributor in 1995-2001. His books ''The Parrot's Lament'' (1999) and ''The Octopus and the Orangutan'' (2002) have been positively reviewed as making a compelling argument for consciousness in animals. Linden serves on several nonprofit boards and advisory committees, and is an independent director of three companies. He has appeared on television, including ''

The Daily Show ''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk show, late-night talk and news satire television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States, with extended episodes released shortly after on Paramount+ ...

'' and ''

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'', and on radio, including

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

(NPR). Linden is currently Chief Investment Strategist at Bennett Management in

Stamford, Connecticut Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, Weste ...

, a family of investment funds specializing in distress and bankruptcies.

Honors and awards

Linden has been awarded a Citation for Excellence by the

Overseas Press Club The Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member, as was the war correspondent Peggy Hull. The club seeks to maintain ...

for his story "The Rape of Siberia", the Harry Chapin Media Awards for Best Periodical (1994), and Global Media Award for Best Periodical by the Population Institutewww.populationinstitute.org
/ref> (1994), both for his story "Megacities". He also received two

Genesis Award The Genesis Awards are awarded annually by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to individuals in the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works which raise public awareness of animal issues. Presented by the HSU ...

s for writing on the subject of animals for his articles "Can Animals Think?" (1995) and "Doomed". He received a Yale University Poynter Fellowship in 2001, the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism from the

American Geophysical Union The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of Earth, Atmospheric science, atmospheric, Oceanography, ocean, Hydrology, hydrologic, Astronomy, space, and Planetary science, planetary scientists and enthusiasts that ...

, and the Grantham Prize Special Award of Merit in 2007.

Selected publications

Articles
''Can Animals Think?''
(1999) Books * ''Apes, Men, and Language'', Saturday Review Press (New York, NY), 1975, revised edition, Penguin (New York, NY), 1981. * ''The Alms Race: The Impact of American Voluntary Aid Abroad'', Random (New York, NY), 1976. * ''Affluence and Discontent: The Anatomy of Consumer Societies'', Viking (New York, NY), 1979. * ''The Anatomy of Consumer Societies'', Viking/Seaver Books (New York, NY), November 1979. * ''The Education of Koko'' (with Francine Patterson), photographs by Ronald H. Cohn, Holt (New York, NY), 1982. * ''Silent Partners: The Legacy of the Ape Language Experiments'', Times Books (New York, NY), 1986. * ''An Wang, Lessons'' (autobiography) (co-author), Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1986. * ''The Future in Plain Sight: Nine Clues to the Coming Instability'', Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1998, updated edition with a new afterword by author, Plume (New York, NY), 2002. * ''The Parrot's Lament, and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity'', Dutton (New York, NY), 1999. * ''Closing the Great Divide: Development and the Eradication of Poverty'' (with Henry Owen and Carol Graham), Council on Foreign Relations Press (Washington, DC), 2001. * ''The Octopus and the Orangutan: More True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity'', Dutton (New York, NY), 2002. * ''The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market'' (with Leon Levy), foreword by Alan Abelson, Public Affairs (New York, NY), 2002. * ''The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations'', Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2006. * ''The Ragged Edge of the World: Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands, and Indigenous Peoples Meet'' (2011) * ''Deep Past: A Novel'', RosettaBooks (New York, NY), 2019 * ''Fire and Flood: A People's History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present'', Penguin Press (New York, NY), 2022.

References

External links

*http://www.eugenelinden.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Linden, Eugene 1947 births American non-fiction environmental writers American non-fiction writers American science writers Animal cognition writers Living people Yale University alumni