Ted Morgan is a French-American writer, biographer, journalist, and historian. He was born Comte St. Charles Armand Gabriel de Gramont on March 30, 1932, in Geneva. He was the son of Gabriel Antoine Armand, Comte de Gramont (1908-1943), a hero of the French Resistance who became a French diplomat. Gramont is an old French noble family, whose name is connected to the city Gramont, Agramont in Spanish, in the south French province of Lower Navarre. For the French-American writer, see Ted Morgan Edward (Ted) Morgan (born April 5, 1906 – died November 22, 1952) was a boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the mens welterweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation). ... The Croix de Lorraine, chosen by General de Gaulle as the symbol of the resistance. ... Gramont is the name of an old French noble family, whose name is connected to the city Gramont, Agramont in Spanish, in the south French province of Labourd. ... Gramont is the name of an old French noble family, whose name is connected to the city Gramont, Agramont in Spanish, in the south French province of Labourd. ... Basse-Navarre (Nafarroa Beherea in Basque) is a former French province, part of the present day Pyrénées Atlantiques département. ...

After his father's death in a training flight, Morgan began to lead two parallel lives. He attended Yale University and worked as a reporter. But he was still a member (albeit a reluctant one) of the French nobility. He served in the French Army as a second lieutenant and propaganda officer in the Algerian War. Yale redirects here. ... The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Army of the land), is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and the largest. ... Belligerents FLN (1954-62) MNA (1954-62) France (1954-62) FAF (1960-61) OAS (1961-62) Commanders Mostefa Benboulaïd Ferhat Abbas Houari Boumedienne Hocine Aït Ahmed Ahmed Ben Bella Krim Belkacem Larbi Ben MHidi Rabah Bitat Mohamed Boudiaf Messali Hadj Paul Cherrière (1954-55) Henri Lorillot...

Morgan returned to the United States and won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1961 for what was described as "his moving account of the death of Leonard Warren on the Metropolitan Opera stage." At the time, Morgan was still a French citizen writing under the name of Sanche De Gramont. The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ...

In the 1970's, Morgan stopped using the byline Sanche de Gramont. He became an American citizen in 1977, renouncing his titles of nobility. Ted Morgan is an anagram of "De Gramont". The new name was a conscious attempt to discard his aristocratic French past. He had had settled on a "name that conformed with the language and cultural norms of American society, a name that telephone operators and desk clerks could hear without flinching" (On Becoming American, 1978). Morgan was featured in the CBS news program 60 Minutes in 1978. The segment explored Morgan's reasons for embracing American culture and showed him eating dinner with his family in a fast food restaurant. For the game, see Anagrams. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article is about the CBS news magazine. ... Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ...

Ted Morgan has written much admired biographies of Winston Churchill, William S. Burroughs, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was named a 1982 National Book Award Finalist for his biography Maugham. He has also written for newspapers and magazines. Churchill redirects here. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914) — August 2, 1997; pronounced ), more commonly known as William S. Burroughs, was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... The National Book Awards is one of the most preeminent literary prizes in the United States. ...

In My Battle of Algiers, Morgan says that John Negroponte is his first cousin. John Dimitri Negroponte (born July 21, 1939 in the United Kingdom) (IPA ) is an American (of Greek origin) career diplomat. ...

Books (partial list)

• My Battle of Algiers (2005)
• A Covert Life: Jay Lovestone, Communist, Anti-Communist and Spymaster (1999)
• Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth Century America (2003)
• A Shovel of Stars: The Making of the American West 1800 to the Present (1996)
• Wilderness at Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent (1994)
• An Uncertain Hour: The French, the Germans, the Jews, the Barbie Trial, and the City of Lyon, 1940-1945 (1990)
• Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs (1990)
• FDR: A Biography (1985)
• Churchill: A Young Man in A Hurry (1982)
• Maugham (1980)
• On Becoming American (1978)
• The Strong Brown God: The Story of the Niger River (1977) (as Sanche de Gramont)
• Epitaph for kings (1969) (as Sanche de Gramont)
• The French: Portrait of a people (1969) (as Sanche de Gramont)
• The Secret War: The story of international espionage since 1945 (1962) (as Sanche de Gramont)