Inga Saffron

Inga Saffron in October 2013

Inga Saffron (born November 9, 1957) is an American journalist who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism while writing for the Philadelphia Inquirer.^[1]

Biography

Saffron was raised in Levittown, New York and attended New York University.^[2] She studied abroad in France for one year, then decided not to return to school. Instead, Saffron went to Dublin. In Ireland, she wrote for many local publications and worked as a freelancer with Newsweek.^[3] Upon returning to the United States, Saffron wrote for the Courier-News of New Jersey.^[1] She joined the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1984. As the Inquirer's Moscow correspondent from 1994 to 1998, Saffron covered the Yugoslav Wars and First Chechen War. She has written an architecture criticism column titled "Changing Skyline" since 1999.^[2]

Marriage and family

She is married to writer Ken Kalfus,^[4] with whom she has a daughter, Sky.^[5]

References

1. "Inga Saffron: Pulitzer Prize Biography". Columbia University. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
2. Moran, Robert (April 16, 2014). "Inquirer's Saffron, critic of the built environment, wins Pulitzer". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
3. Rys, Richard (February 26, 2008). "Why Are Men Who Build Skyscrapers Afraid of This Woman?". Philadelphia. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
4. Beans, Bruce E. (April 4, 2000). "Capturing Russia". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
5. Greg Miller (December 11, 1996). "Russia's Undertested Children Face Lead Poisoning Menace". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2014.