Anthony Flint is an author and journalist, a fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and an expert on global urbanization, land policy, and architeture and urban design. He is the author of Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier, Architect of Tomorrow; Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City; and This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America. He has worked as a journalist for over thirty years, primarily for The Boston Globe. During his Fellowship at the Library, he researched Le Corbusier, investigated structures designed by the renowned architect, and met people who knew him personally.

The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship was created in 2013 to nurture and sustain a heritage as old as the Library itself: deepening French-American understanding. The Visiting Fellowship offer writers and researchers an opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month or longer while participating actively in the life of the American Library.

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