Editing Rick Atkinson (section)

{{short description|American author (born 1952)}}
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| name               = Rick Atkinson
| image              = Rick Atkinson - 2015 National Book Festival (5).jpg
| caption            = at 2015 National Book Festival
| birth_name         = Lawrence Rush Atkinson IV
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1952|11|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Munich]], then [[West Germany]]
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| alma_mater         = {{Unbulleted list
                      | [[East Carolina University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])
                      | [[University of Chicago]] ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]])
                      }}
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| agent              = Raphael Sagalyn
| occupation         = {{hlist|Journalist|editor|historian|author}}
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| parents            = 
| spouse             = {{marriage|Jane Ann Chestnut|1979}}
| children           = 2
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'''Lawrence Rush''' "'''Rick'''" '''Atkinson IV''' (born November 15, 1952) is an American author and journalist. 

After working as a newspaper reporter, editor, and foreign correspondent for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Atkinson turned to writing [[military history]]. His eight books include narrative accounts of five different American wars. He has won [[Pulitzer Prize]]s in history and journalism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SupaduDev |title=Rick Atkinson {{!}} Authors |url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/rickatkinson |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Macmillan |language=en-US}}</ref>

His [[The Liberation Trilogy|Liberation Trilogy]], a history of the American role in the liberation of Europe in [[World War II]], concluded with the publication of ''The Guns at Last Light'' in May 2013. In 2010, he received the $100,000 [[Pritzker Military Library Literature Award|Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rick Atkinson {{!}} Pritzker Military Museum & Library {{!}} Chicago |url=https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/pritzker-literature-award/rick-atkinson-2010-pritzker-literature-award-winner |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=www.pritzkermilitary.org}}</ref>