David E. Hoffman | |
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Born | David Emanuel Hoffman November 14, 1953 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
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Alma mater | University of Delaware Oxford University |
Notable works | The Oligarchs (2002) The Dead Hand (2009) The Billion Dollar Spy (2015) |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2010) Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing (2024) |
David Emanuel Hoffman (born November 14, 1953) is an American writer and journalist, a contributing editor to The Washington Post. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for a book about the legacy of the nuclear arms race and in 2024 for articles on new technologies and the tactics authoritarian regimes use to repress dissent.