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Walter Duranty (* 25. Mai 1884 in Liverpool; † 3. Oktober 1957 in Orlando, Florida) war ein britischer Journalist und Pulitzer-Preisträger, dessen stalinismus freundliche Berichterstattung in den 1930er Jahren kontroverses Aufsehen erregte.
Occupation. Journalist. Walter Duranty (25 May 1884 – 3 October 1957) was an Anglo-American journalist who served as Moscow bureau chief of The New York Times for fourteen years (1922–1936) following the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War (1917–1923). In 1932, Duranty received a Pulitzer Prize for a series of reports ...
8. Mai 2022 · In 1932, The New York Times' Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer for stories defending Soviet policies that led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians. The Times disavows his work but not the prize.
Walter Duranty was a New York Times journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Stalin's Russia, but also lied about the famines caused by the Soviet regime. Learn how he deceived the public and his critics, and why he was praised by some progressives.
Walter Duranty of The New York Times was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for his series of dispatches on Russia, especially the working out of the Five Year Plan. Read his insightful reports on the Soviet Union's economic and political transformation under Stalin.
Duranty won the prize for his articles on the Soviet Union under Stalin, but they were criticized for relying on official sources and ignoring the famine and repression. The Times acknowledges his failures and the Pulitzer board has declined to withdraw the award.
After more than six months of study and deliberation, the Pulitzer Prize Board has decided it will not revoke the foreign reporting prize awarded in 1932 to Walter Duranty of The New York Times. In recent months, much attention has been paid to Mr. Duranty's dispatches regarding the famine in the Soviet Union in 1932-1933, which have been ...
