Morgan, Ted, 1932-....

Biographer of Somerset Maugham.

From the description of Letter to Carl Zamboni, ca. 1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866608

American writer, biographer of W. Somerset Maugham.

From the description of Maugham, the story of a friendship : corrected typescript, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510774

Journalist and writer.

From the description of Ted Morgan papers, 1983-1988. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 27345410

Journalist and writer Ted Morgan (pseudonym) was born in 1932 in Geneva, Switzerland. His father was a descendant of the de Gramont family, which had aristocratic roots in France. Morgan's given name was Sanche de Gramont, but by 1973 he had legalized his pseudonym Ted Morgan (an anagram of de Gramont).

Morgan earned his B.A. (summa cum laude) from Yale University in 1954 and his M.S. from Columbia University's School of Journalism in 1955. Morgan became a naturalized United States citizen in 1977.

Morgan's journalistic career included employment as a reporter with the Worcester Telegram, the Associated Press, and the New York Herald-Tribune . He has been a freelance journalist since 1964. Morgan has been honored with a number of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize (1961), the Front Page Award of the New York Newspaper Guild (1975 and 1976), the Deadline Club (New York) Award (1976), and the New York Bar Association Media Award (1975).

Morgan published seven books as Sanche de Gramont in addition to several more as Ted Morgan, including On Becoming an American (1978), Maugham (1980), Young Man in a Hurry (Churchill 1874-1915) (1982), FDR: A Biography (1985), Literary Outlaw (1988), and An Uncertain Hour (1990).

From the guide to the Ted Morgan Papers, 1983-1988, (Arizona State University Libraries Special Collections)