Maureen Dowd

I have always admired Maureen Dowd for the sting in her prose. Winning the 1999 Pulitzer for Commentary at The New York Times is no small thing, but what impresses me more is the climb: from sports and feature writing at lesser outlets to the most coveted op-ed real estate in American journalism. As a woman building a career on sharp political columns in an era that rarely welcomed it, she clearly needed nerve as much as talent. I do not always agree with her, but I respect a writer who refuses to be polite to power. Columnists like her are why the form still matters.

Name (English)

Maureen Dowd

Name (Japanese)

モーリーン・ダウド

Reading

もーりーん・だうど

Born

January 14, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Washington, D.C., United States

Occupation

columnist / journalist

University

The Catholic University of America

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

• Official sitehttps://www.nytimes.com/column/maureen-dowd
• Xhttps://x.com/NYTimesDowd
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen%20Dowd
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1562058

Tags

• columnist
• journalist

Last updated

2026-06-19

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