Joseph Lelyveld at the NYS Writers Institute in 2012

Joseph Lelyveld, journalist and nonfiction author, worked at the New York Times from 1962 through 2001 serving as foreign correspondent in the Congo, South Africa, India and Pakistan, then as London bureau chief, foreign editor, managing editor, and finally executive editor from 1994 -- 2001. Lelyveld's most recent book is Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India (2011).

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