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Lucette Lagnado
Egyptian-born American journalist and memoirist (–)
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| Born | Lucette Matalon Lagnado ()September 19, Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | July 10, () (aged62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | A.B.Out of 5 stars (1,).Vassar College |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | Douglas Feiden (m.) |
Lucette Matalon Lagnado (September 19, – July 10, ) was an Egyptian-born American journalist and memoirist of Syrian origin.[1] She was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.
Biography
Lagnado was born to a Syrian Jewish family in Cairo, Egypt.[2] She attended P.S. in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, and was a graduate of Vassar College. Lagnado wrote a prize-winning memoir about her childhood, The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World.
The book, published by Ecco, was awarded the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. The prize, which is administered