Lucinda Franks
American journalist and novelist
Died when: 74 years 293 days (897 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Lucinda Laura Franks (July 16, 1946 – May 5, 2021) was an American journalist, novelist, and memoirist.Franks won a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for her reporting on the life of Diana Oughton, a member of Weather Underground.
With that award she became the first woman to win a Pulitzer for National Reporting, and the youngest person ever to win any Pulitzer.
She published four books, including two memoirs, and worked as a staff writer at The New York Times (1974 to 1977) and The New Yorker (1992 to 2006).
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