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Nicholas Osborne Tomalin (30 October 1931 – 17 October 1973) was an English journalist and writer. Tomalin was the son of Miles Tomalin, a Communist poet and veteran of the Spanish Civil War. He studied English literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. As a student he was President of the Cambridge Union and editor of the prestigious undergraduate ''Granta'' magazine. He graduated in 1954 and began work as a foreign correspondent for various London newspapers. He married fellow Cambridge graduate Claire Tomalin in 1955〔http://www.freebmd.org.uk search on Tomalin marriages post 1953〕 and they had three daughters and two sons.〔http://www.freebmd.org.uk search on Tomalin/Delavenay births post 1955〕 In spite of numerous affairs on his part (and hers),〔Tomalin, Claire "Several Strangers" p.8〕 they remained together until his death. He later co-wrote a book with Ron Hall about amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst's failed attempt to circumnavigate the world and subsequent suicide. His article ''The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong'' was included in Tom Wolfe's collection ''The New Journalism'', which was a collection of non-fiction pieces emblematic of a new movement of reporting aimed at revolutionising the field. Tomalin's articles often began with bombastic statements on their subject matter. The most famous of these is: "The only qualities essential for real success in journalism are ratlike cunning, a plausible manner and a little literary ability".〔Tomalin, Nicholas "Stop the press I want to get on" ''Sunday Times Magazine'' 26 October 1969〕 Tomalin was killed in Israel by a Syrian wire missile on 17 October 1973 while reporting on the Yom Kippur War.〔(Tomalin info at The Journalist's Memorial )〕 In November 2005 the journalism trade publication ''Press Gazette'' named Tomalin among its top forty 'journalists of the modern era'.〔(Press Gazette names top forty journalists of the modern era )〕 ==Notes== 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「Nicholas Tomalin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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