death_place death_date years_active birth_place birth_date period gender notable_works article_title name occupation
new york city august 3 , 2004 -lrb- aged 75 -rrb- 1956 -- 2004 new york city may 19 , 1929 1956 -- 2004 female '' -rrb- the new york times '' -lrb- war correspondent gloria emerson
 gloria emerson journalist , writer
gloria emerson

gloria emerson -lrb- may 19 , 1929 , new york city -- august 3 , 2004 , new york city -rrb- was an american author , journalist and `` new york times '' war correspondent .
she won the 1978 national book award in contemporary thought for her book about the vietnam war , `` winners and losers '' .
there was a `` contemporary '' or `` current '' award category from 1972 to 1980 .
during her long career , she wrote four books as well as articles for `` esquire '' , `` harper 's '' , `` vogue '' , `` playboy '' , `` saturday review '' and `` rolling stone '' .
