Editing Victor Navasky (section)

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{{Short description|American journalist (1932–2023)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Victor Navasky
| image              = 
| caption            = 
| birthname          = Victor Saul Navasky
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1932|07|05}}
| birth_place        = [[Manhattan, New York]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2023|01|23|1932|07|05}}
| death_place        = Manhattan, New York, U.S.
| education          = [[Swarthmore College]] (1954)<br />[[Yale Law School]] (1959)
| occupation         = Journalist, editor, author
| known_for          = Editor of ''[[The Nation]]''<br>Author of ''Naming Names''
| spouse             = {{marriage|Anne Strongin|1966}}
| children           = 3
| signature          = Navasky to the Dobkins (cropped).jpg
}}

'''Victor Saul Navasky''' (July 5, 1932 – January 23, 2023) was an American journalist, editor, and author. From 1978 to 1995, he edited the liberal weekly magazine ''[[The Nation]]''. From 1995 to 2005, he was the magazine's publisher and editorial director, before stepping down to become publisher emeritus. He then went on to direct the George T. Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism at the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]], and to chair the [[Columbia Journalism Review]].<ref name = Berger>{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Joseph |date=January 24, 2023 |title=Victor S. Navasky, a Leading Liberal Voice in Journalism, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/business/media/victor-s-navasky-dead.html |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 24, 2023 |issn=0362-4331|url-access = limited}}</ref>

Navasky also authored several critically praised books, including ''Naming Names'' (1980), which is considered a definitive take on the [[Hollywood blacklist]]. Its paperback reprint won him a 1982 [[National Book Award for Nonfiction]].<ref name=nba1982>
[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1982 "National Book Awards – 1982"]. [[National Book Foundation]]. Retrieved March 11, 2012.</ref><ref group=lower-alpha>From 1980 to 1983 in the [[National Book Awards#History|National Book Awards for history]], there were several nonfiction subcategories, including [[List of winners of the National Book Award#General Nonfiction|"General Nonfiction"]], that offered separate hardcover and paperback awards. Most of the paperback winners were reprints of prior hardbacks, as was the case with ''Naming Names''.</ref>