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Milton Viorst (born 1930) is an American journalist. He studied history at Rutgers University. In 1951, he was a Fulbright scholar in France. He returned and attended Harvard University and Columbia University, where he graduated in 1956 in journalism. From 1956 to 1993, Viorst often contributed in various ways to publications such as ''The New Yorker'', ''Foreign Affairs'', ''Harper's Magazine'', ''The Atlantic'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''The Washington Post'', and the ''Wall Street Journal''. In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.〔“Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''〕 His writing landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. In the early 1980s, he grew interested in Middle Eastern policy and became a specialist in this field. He is the author of six books on the subject, including ''In the Shadow of The Prophet''. Milton Viorst won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship〔(Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship )〕 in 1979 to research and write about Zionist and Islamic ideas and the mideast crisis. He is married to the children's author Judith Viorst, known for ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day''. They have three grown sons: Anthony Jacob Viorst, an attorney practicing in the Denver, Colorado area; Nicholas Nathan "Nick" Viorst, an Assistant District Attorney for New York County, and Alexander Noah Viorst, who finances affordable apartment properties around the country. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milton Viorst」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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