Daniel De Luce | |
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| Born | (1911-06-08)June 8, 1911 |
| Died | January 29, 2002(2002-01-29) (aged 90) |
| Occupation | journalist |
Daniel De Luce (June 8, 1911 – January 29, 2002) was an American journalist for theAssociated Press from 1929 to 1976. He won aPulitzer Prize in 1944.[1][2]
Daniel De Luce was born on June 8, 1911, inYuma,Arizona. Upon graduation from High School inLos Angeles, he moved toCalifornia to attend theUniversity of the State where he was elected toPhi Beta Kappa.[3][1]
De Luce started his journalistic career in theLos Angeles bureau of theAssociated Press as an office boy, where he worked in 1929–1934. Afterward, he spent a year as a member ofLos Angeles Examiner staff. He then got the position of a reporter in the Associated Press. In spring 1939, Luce got his first international assignment and moved toBudapest, where he began reporting on the conflicts that led toWorld War II.[4][3][5]
De Luce left his position in Budapest to cover theonset of the war inPoland. During the war, he covered theItalian assault against Albania and theGreek assault against the Italians,British retreat from Burma,American campaigns in North Africa andItaly. He also reported fromTunisia,Sicily,Turkey, and crossed the neck ofCap Bon to report on the German battle lines ofNorth Africa.[4] In 1944, Daniel De Luce earned thePulitzer Prize for Telegraphic reporter (International) for his correspondence on the partisan resistance led by MarshalJosip Broz Tito inYugoslavia.[6][5]
Daniel De Luce correspondent reported on thetrials at Nuremberg following World War II. After covering theArab-Israeli war in 1947—1948, he moved toEurope to take charge of the Associated Press bureau inFrankfurt. In 1956, he returned to theUnited States to serve at the agency's head office inNew York for the next twenty years. After retiring in 1976, Daniel De Luce moved with his family toEscondido,California, where he died at 90 atPalomar Medical Center.[3][1][5]
