Serge Schmemann is a writer and editorial page editor of the International Herald Tribune, the global edition of the New York Times. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Associated Press and was a bureau chief and editor for the New York Times.
Mr. Schmemann was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for coverage of the reunification of Germany, and an Emmy in 2003 for his work on a television documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He is a graduate of Harvard College and holds an M.A. from Columbia University, as well as an honorary doctorate from Middlebury College. Mr. Schmemann is the author of a book about Russia, Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village, and another, intended for high-school students, about the fall of Communism, When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Communism, as well as numerous articles and reviews. Mr. Schmemann resides with his wife in Paris.
