Brooks Atkinson

Brooks Atkinson
Brooks Atkinson in 1938
Born	Justin Brooks Atkinson (1894-11-28)November 28, 1894 Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	January 14, 1984(1984-01-14) (aged 89) Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Theatre critic, war correspondent
Years active	1925–1960
Employer	The New York Times
Known for	Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence

Justin Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894 – January 14, 1984) was an American theatre critic. He worked for The New York Times from 1922 to 1960. In his obituary, the Times called him "the theater's most influential reviewer of his time."^[1] Atkinson became a Times theater critic in the 1920s and his reviews became very influential. He insisted on leaving the drama desk during World War II to report on the war, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his work as the Moscow correspondent for the Times.^[2] He returned to the theater beat in the late 1940s, until his retirement in 1960.