Yankin da ake kira Terkel

Louis "Studs" Terkel (16 ga Mayu, 1912 - 31 ga Oktoba, 2008)  marubuci ne na Amurka, masanin tarihi, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, kuma mai watsa shirye-shirye. Ya sami lambar yabo ta Pulitzer don Janar Nonfiction a shekarar 1985 don The Good War kuma ana tunawa da shi mafi kyau saboda Tarihin baki na Amurkawa na yau da kullun, da kuma karbar bakuncin shirin rediyo na dogon lokaci a Birnin Chicago.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Terkel ga baƙi Yahudawa na Rasha, Samuel Terkel, mai sa tufafi, da Anna (Annie) Finkel, mai saƙa, a Birnin New York. Lokacin da yake da shekaru takwas, ya koma tare da iyalinsa zuwa Chicago, Illinois, inda ya shafe mafi yawan rayuwarsa. Yana da 'yan'uwa biyu, Meyer (1905-1958) da Ben (1907-1965). Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta McKinley.

Daga 1926 zuwa 1936, iyayensa suna gudanar da gidan zama mai suna Wells-Grand Hotel wanda kuma ya zama wurin taro ga mutane daga kowane bangare na rayuwa. Terkel ya yaba da fahimtar bil'adama da hulɗar zamantakewa ga masu haya da baƙi waɗanda suka taru a cikin ɗakin da ke wurin da kuma mutanen da suka taru da ke kusa da Bughouse Square.

 Ayyuka 
Wani dan siyasa na hagu, Terkel ya shiga aikin marubuta na Tarayya na Gudanar da Ayyuka, yana aiki a rediyo, yana yin aikin da ya bambanta daga yin sauti da wasan kwaikwayo da sanar da labarai da wasanni zuwa gabatar da shirye-shiryen kiɗa da rubuce-rubucen rediyo da tallace-tallace. A ƙarshen shekarun 1940 ya bayyana haruffa a cikin jerin WMAQ's Destination Freedom, wanda Richard Durham ya rubuta. Shirin rediyo na kansa, mai taken The Studs Terkel Program, an watsa shi a kan 98.7 WFMT Chicago tsakanin 1952 da 1997.  An watsa shirin na awa daya a kowace mako a cikin waɗannan shekaru 45. A kan wannan shirin, ya yi hira da baƙi daban-daban kamar Martin Luther King Jr., Leonard Bernstein, Mort Sahl, Bob Dylan, Alexander Frey, Dorothy Parker, Tennessee Williams, Jean Shepherd, Alan Watts, Frank Zappa, da Big Bill Broonzy.
A shekara ta 2004, Terkel ya sami kyautar Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award da kuma digirin girmamawa na Doctor of Laws daga Kwalejin Colby . A watan Agusta na 2005, Terkel ya yi nasarar yin tiyatar zuciya ta budewa . Yana da shekaru 93, yana daya daga cikin tsofaffin mutane da suka yi wannan tiyatar kuma likitoci sun ce murmurewarsa ta yi matukar kyau ga wani mai wannan tsufa. Terkel yana shan sigari biyu a rana har zuwa 2004.

 Manazarta 
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