Paul Deutschman (1915–2002) was an American writer and journalist[1][2] born in the Bronx. His parents were David Deutschman, M.D. and Rose Hall Deutschman,[3] DDS, both Jewish immigrants from Russia. His mother was among the first women to graduate from Columbia School of Dentistry. His father was a founder of Bronx Hospital. Paul Deutschman attended Cornell University and was graduated from New York University with a B.S. in Political Science.
Life and career
editHis first marriage to Louise Tolliver Deutschman[4] ended in divorce. Their daughter, Deborah Elliott Deutschman is a poet and fiction writer. In 1970 he married Regina Ryan, then an editor at Knopf. A veteran of World War II, who took part in the initial American invasion of North Africa in 1942, began writing about what he saw in the aftermath of the battles. An officer, Bill Monroe,[5] the broadcaster, sent it on to Life Magazine, where it was published under the title "After the Battles," the first eyewitness account of the effects of the Allied bombing on civilian life. Deutschman then joined YANK Magazine, the U.S. Army Weekly, and continued to write articles for LIFE as a corporal, capturing the GI point of view.
On his discharge, he joined Life Magazine as a foreign news editor and writer.
- In 1950, he was asked to direct the Magazine Unit for the Information Department of the Marshall Plan in Paris, covering all 18 countries from Norway to Turkey. He stayed on in Paris as a special correspondent for Holiday Magazine and covered Western Europe for magazines such as Harper's, Life, Esquire, Sports Illustrated and Colliers.
- In 1960, he started "Americans Abroad for Kennedy." In 1961, he returned to Washington D.C. as a special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State, Chester Bowles. In this role, he was the liaison between the State Department and the monthly magazines.
- From 1962 to 1963 he was the Chief, Features Unit, of the Agency for International Development, focussing on Africa.
- From 1963 on, he was a freelance writer and consultant, specializing in socio-economic and developmental affairs in the United States and abroad. During this period he published articles in Saturday Review, Think,[6] Fortune, The Lamp, Reader's Digest, Commonweal, the Nation, Newsweek, Business Abroad, Columbia Journal of World Business and World Tennis. He also worked as a consultant for the Rockefeller Foundation, AID, the Council of the Southern Mountains, IBM, the Ford Foundation, International Executive Service Corps, Singer Corporation and United Nationals Development Program.
- In 1965, he covered the Indo-Pakistani War from the Pakistani side as a special correspondent for Newsweek Magazine. Later he covered the United Nations during the Bangladesh crisis for The Nation.
- In 1972, Dial Press published his first novel, "The Adipose Complex".[7][8] During the last decade of his life, he was working on a long novel with a background of World War II and the Marshall Plan.
- In 1975, he founded and directed the "Jewish Awareness Group" a conscious-raising and discussion group of New York writers, media people, academicians and professionals that met on a monthly basis in his apartment for over fifteen years. The group included Cynthia Ozick, Lettie Cotton Pogrebin, Meyer Levin, Betty Friedan, Lore Segal, Eugene Loebl, Ann Roiphe, rabbi James Rudin, Samuel Menashe, Arlene and Howard Eisenberg and Miriam Chaikin.
Publications
edit- 1945 "A Sad Sack of Mail"[9] YANK, The Army Weekly published by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- 1957 "How to Buy a Dior Original"[10] - "Magnificent Versailles" - "Where to Stay" - "Getting About" - "The French Touch", published in "Holiday in France"[11] by Houghton Mifflin (originally published in Holiday Magazine (1953-1957)
- 1975 "The Adipose Complex"[7][8] a novel published by Dial Press
- 1996 "It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway",[12][13][14] in "Great Stories Remembered" compiled and edited by Joe Wheeler published by Focus on the Family and Tyndale House Publishers Paperback[15]
References
edit- ^ "Deutschman, Paul". socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ^ Deutschman, Paul (1942-01-01). Paul Deutschman papers. OCLC 226246864.
- ^ "Dr. Rose Hall Dies at 84; A Pioneer Woman Dentist". The New York Times. 1974-04-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- ^ "Louise Tolliver Deutschman". The New York Times.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (2011-02-17). "Bill Monroe, Former 'Meet the Press' Moderator, Dies at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ^ Deutschman, Paul (1967-01-01). Renaissance in Appalachia. Morgantown, W. Va.: Cooperative Extension Service, West Virginia University. OCLC 22288940.
- ^ a b "The adipose complex : a novel. - Version details". Trove. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ^ a b Deutschman, Paul (1972-01-01). The adipose complex: a novel. New York: Dial Press. OCLC 695822427.
- ^ ""A Sad Sack of Mail" by Cpl. Paul E. Deutschman, Yank Magazine, Friday, April 28th, 1944".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ HOLIDAY IN FRANCE by Ludwig Bemelmans | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ DesignswithMerit. "Holiday in France ~ Bemelmans ~ 1957 ~ 1st Ed". Paris Hotel Boutique. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ^ "It Happened On The Brooklyn Subway by Paul Deutschman". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
- ^ Reader's Digest Association (2006-01-01). Reader's Digest true lives: stories of hope, honor & humor : unforgorettable writing from the world's most popular magazine. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Association. ISBN 9780762107414.
- ^ Diest, John Van (2012-10-01). Do You Believe in Miracles?. Harvest House Publishers. ISBN 9780736940412.
- ^ Wheeler, Joe L (1999-01-01). The best of times. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers. ISBN 1561797944.