David Cort

David Cort (July 5, 1904 – October 11, 1983) was a 20th-century American writer (journalist, columnist, editor, and prose writer), best known as foreign news editor at Life magazine.^[1]

In 1924, Cort graduated from Columbia University, where he had been editor of The Jester.^[1][2]

By the late 1920s, Cort had become a contributor to Vanity Fair magazine.^[1]

In 1932, he joined Time magazine as assistant foreign news editor.^[1]

In 1936, he moved to Life as foreign news editor. He is best known for his work there in selecting and captioning photographs shot during World War II.^[1]

He also contributed to The Nation magazine and The New York Times Book Review.^[1]

Cort had one son.^[1]

He died age 79 on October 11, 1983, in New York City.^[1]

• 1971: Guggenheim Fellow (General Nonfiction)^[3]

Books:

• The Big Picture
• Social Astonishments
• The Glossy Rats
• Revolution by Cliche
• The Sin of Henry R. Luce (New York: L. Stuart, 1974)^[4]

Articles:

• "Of Guilt and Resurrection," The Nation (March 20, 1967) on the Hiss-Chambers case

• Harper's: David Cort
• The Nation: David Cort

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