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Vincent Sheean
Vincent Sheean (December 5, 1899 - March 16, 1975) was an American journalist and novelist.
Born in Pana, Illinois in 1899, the son of William Sheean and Susan MacDerrnot, he enro...view moreVincent Sheean (December 5, 1899 - March 16, 1975) was an American journalist and novelist.
Born in Pana, Illinois in 1899, the son of William Sheean and Susan MacDerrnot, he enrolled at the University of Chicago at age 17. Following the death of his mother in 1920, he moved to New York City and became a reporter for the Daily News. In 1922 he visited Europe and moved to Paris, where he became foreign correspondent for The Chicago Tribune. During this period he became close friends with Ernest Hemingway, met many of Europe’s political leaders, and reported on the League of Nations. His time spent in Morocco to interview the popular rebel Abd el-Krim resulted in Sheean’s first book, An American Among the Riffi (1926).
In 1933 Sheean began writing Personal History, which tells the story of his experiences of reporting on the rise of fascism in Europe. Published in 1935, it won the Most Distinguished Biography of 1935 at the inaugural National Book Awards and formed the basis for the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock film, Foreign Correspondent. He also married Diana Forbes-Robertson in 1935, daughter of the English actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson; a fellow journalist, the couple often worked together on assignments.
During the Spanish Civil War, Sheean reported the conflict for New York Herald Tribune. At the beginning of WWII Sheean was based in London and covered the Blitz for the Saturday Evening Post. He published his first novel, Bird of the Wilderness, in 1941. He also spent time in India and China reporting on the war for the New York Herald Tribune. In 1946 he published This House Against This House, with many other books following over the next three decades. In 1947, he was in India and witnessed the assassination of Gandhi, and his book on Gandhi’s life, work and teachings titled Lead, Kindly Light was published in 1949.
Vincent Sheean died of lung cancer in Leggiuno, Italy in 1975, aged 75.view less
Books by Vincent Sheean
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