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	Topics Anne Applebaum Topic Home Anne Applebaum (born 25 July 1964) is a journalistJournalism Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news regarding current events, trends, issues... and Pulitzer PrizePulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musica... -winning authorAuthor An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article, or the like, whether short or long, fict... who has written extensively about communismMarxism-Leninism Marxism-Leninism , strictly speaking, refers to the version of Marxism developed by Vladimir Lenin; see Leninism.... and the development of civil societyCivil society Civil society comprises the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a f... in CentralCentral Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe.... and Eastern EuropeEastern Europe Eastern Europe is the eastern region of Europe variably defined.... . As of 2006, she is a columnistColumnist Summary A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a "column".... and member of the editorial boardEditorial board The editorial board is a group of people, usually at a print publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication... of the Washington Post. Biography Born in Washington, DC in 1964 to a wealthy Jewish couple, Harvey M. and Elizabeth Applebaum, she was a 1982 graduate of the prestigious Sidwell Friends SchoolSidwell Friends School image=\| motto="Eluceat Omnibus Lux"\| established=1883... . She earned a B.A. from Yale UniversityYale University Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut.... in 1986, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. As a Marshall ScholarMarshall Scholarship Marshall Scholarships were created by the British Parliament when the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act was established o... at the London School of EconomicsLondon School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or '... she earned another bachelor's degree. She studied at St Antony's College, OxfordSt Antony's College, Oxford St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.... before moving to Warsaw, Poland in 1988. Working for The EconomistThe Economist *The Economist* is a weekly news and international affairs publication of The Economist Newspaper Ltd edited in London, UK... , she provided rich firsthand (unsigned) coverage of important social and political transitions in Eastern Europe, both before and after the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In 1992 she was awarded the Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust Award. Applebaum was originally booked on the Pan Am Flight 103Pan Am Flight 103 Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways' third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London's Heathrow Internat... from LondonLondon London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom.... to New York CityNew York City New York City is the largest city in the United States and the twelfth largest city in the world, making it a major global c... during its disaster flight on December 21, 1988. However, a week before take-off, she postponed her journey by one day in order to visit friends at OxfordOxford Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 .... . Applebaum lived in London and WarsawWarsaw Warsaw is the capital of Poland and its largest city.... during the 1990s, and was for several years a widely read columnist for London's Evening StandardEvening Standard ame = Evening Standard \|type = Daily newspaper \|... newspaper. She wrote about the workings of WestminsterParliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kin... , and opined on issues foreign and domestic. Applebaum's first book, Between East and West, is a travelogue, and was awarded an Adolph Bentinck Prize in 1996. Her second book, , was published in 2003 and was awarded the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-FictionPulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction The Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction has been awarded since 1962 for a distinguished book of non-fiction by an America... writing. The Pulitzer committee named Gulag a "landmark work of historical scholarship and an indelible contribution to the complex, ongoing, necessary quest for truth." Applebaum is fluent in EnglishEnglish language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England but is now the primary language in numerous countries.... , FrenchFrench language French is the third-largest of the Romance languages in terms of number of native speakers, after Spanish and Portuguese, b... , PolishPolish language Polish is the official language of Poland.... and RussianRussian language Russian is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia and the most widespread of the Slavic languages.... . She is married to Radoslaw SikorskiRadoslaw Sikorski Radoslaw Tomasz "Radek" Sikorski , is a conservative Polish politician and journalist.... , the PolishPoland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country located in Central Europe.... Minister of Foreign Affairs. They have two children, Alexander and Tadeusz. On May 24, 2006, she wrote that she was leaving Washington to live again in Poland. Anne Applebaum is a George Herbert Walker Bush/ Axel SpringerAxel Springer Axel Springer, was a German journalist and the founder and owner of the Axel Springer AG publishing company.... Fellow at the American Academy in BerlinAmerican Academy in Berlin Summary The American Academy in Berlin is a non-partisan academic institution in Berlin.... , Germany, for spring 2008. Wikisource . Further reading Anne Applebaum, Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe, Pantheon Books, October, 1994, hardcover, ISBN 0-679-42150-5; another hardcover edition, Random House, 1995, ISBN 0-517-15906-6 Anne Applebaum, Gulag: A History, Doubleday, April, 2003, hardcover, 677 pages, ISBN 0-7679-0056-1; trade paperback, Bantam Dell, 11 May, 2004, 736 pages, ISBN 1-4000-3409-4 See also Mask of SorrowMask of Sorrow The Mask of Sorrow monument is perched on a hill above Magadan, Russia.... Julius MargolinJulius Margolin Julius Margolin was a Jewish writer and political activist, an author of the book A Travel to the Land Ze-Ka.... Robert ConquestRobert Conquest Dr. George Robert Ackworth Conquest, British historian, became one of the best-known writers on the Soviet Union with the pu... External links Photoalbum at NYPL Digital Gallery interview in "Moscow News" (Aug. 26, 2007) - Canadian film about Estonians in the GULAG Collection of publications and photo about Gulag by IPV News (Russian). However, correctness of the site's contents is (Russian). See discussion. Revelations from the Russian Archives at Library of CongressLibrary of Congress The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States ... Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation LicenseGNU Free Documentation License The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license for free content, designed by the Free Software Foundation for th... .