William Langewiesche

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William Langewiesche (pronounced:long-gah-vee-shuh^[1]) is an American author and journalist, and was a professional airplane pilot for many years. He is currently the international correspondent for the magazine Vanity Fair, but made his name as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He has written articles covering events such as the World Trade Center cleanup, a three-part series which was published as the book American Ground. He also detailed the last flight of the shuttle Columbia.

He is the son of Wolfgang Langewiesche, author of Stick and Rudder.

Langewiesche was a finalist for the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage for American Ground. Unbuilding the World Trade Center and 2005 for The Outlaw Sea.

Langewiesche is currently residing in France. As of Spring 2006, both he and managing editor Cullen Murphy left The Atlantic for Vanity Fair. [1]

1 References
2 Partial bibliography
3 External links
- 3.1 Interviews

[edit] References

^ Scott Sherman. "What makes a serious magazine soar?", Columbia Journalism Review, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.

[edit] Partial bibliography

Langewiesche, William (2007). The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374106789. [2]
Hotel Baghdad: Fear and Lodging in Iraq (2005) [3]
Langewiesche, William (2004). The Outlaw Sea : A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime. New York: North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-581-4.
Langewiesche, William (2002). American Ground : Unbuilding the World Trade Center. New York: North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-582-2.
Langewiesche, William (1998). Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight. USA: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-42983-2.
Langewiesche, William (1996). Sahara Unveiled : A Journey Across the Desert. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-42982-4.
Langewiesche, William (1994). Cutting for Sign. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0679411135.