# Enid Nemy

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{{Short description|American reporter and columnist}}
'''Enid Nemy''' (born April 21, 1924)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancestry Library Edition |url=https://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com/aleweb/ale/do/login |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=ancestrylibrary.proquest.com}}</ref> is a retired Canadian-American [reporter](/source/reporter) and [columnist](/source/columnist) for ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' for many years. She began at the Times in 1963, and remained for four decades before retiring. She was awarded the 1984 Matrix Award ''"for achievement in newspapers and wire services"''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1984-04-08 |title=6 Women to Receive Awards ForRolesinCommunications |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/nyregion/6-women-to-receive-awards-forrolesincommunications.html |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

After retirement, she continued to pen the occasional obituary for such illustrissimi as [Enid A. Haupt](/source/Enid_A._Haupt),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nemy |first=Enid |date=2005-10-27 |title=Enid A. Haupt, Philanthropist, Dies at 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/nyregion/enid-a-haupt-philanthropist-dies-at-99.html |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [Bill Blass](/source/Bill_Blass), [Eugene Lang](/source/Eugene_Lang), [Lucille Lortel](/source/Lucille_Lortel), [Betsey Whitney](/source/Betsey_Cushing_Roosevelt_Whitney), [Patricia Buckley](/source/Patricia_Buckley), [Leona Helmsley](/source/Leona_Helmsley), [Elaine Kaufman](/source/Elaine_Kaufman),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nemy |first=Enid |date=2010-12-03 |title=Elaine Kaufman, Who Fed and Fussed Over the Famous, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/nyregion/04kaufman.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [Larry Hagman](/source/Larry_Hagman), and [Carol Channing](/source/Carol_Channing), among others.

==Biography==
Enid Nemy was born in [Winnipeg, Manitoba](/source/Winnipeg) in 1924. She attended United College and the [University of Manitoba](/source/University_of_Manitoba). She began her career with ''[The Canadian Press](/source/The_Canadian_Press)'', later working with the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) as well as the [Bermuda](/source/Bermuda)n ''Mid-Ocean News''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americantheatrewing.org/trustees/enid-nemy/|title=Enid Nemy|website=The American Theatre Wing|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>

Nemy reported from [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia) and accompanied [President and Mrs. Reagan](/source/Ronald_Reagan) in 1982 to the European Summit meeting, and in 1984 to [China](/source/China). She was editor of ''Metropolitan Diary'', a weekly column of stories submitted by ''New York Times'' readers. She wrote for other magazines and periodicals, and was known in literary circles for her often biting quotes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quotations |first=ThinkExist.com |title=Enid Nemy quotes |url=http://thinkexist.com/quotation/my_husband_was_getting_his_sea_legs-rereading/204860.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702082929/http://thinkexist.com/quotation/my_husband_was_getting_his_sea_legs-rereading/204860.html |archive-date=2025-07-02 |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=thinkexist.com |url-status=live }}</ref>

Her affiliations have included:
* Dorothy Strelsin Foundation, President
* Lighthouse International (former board member)
* New York Newspaper Women's Club, member
* New York Newspaper Guild, member
* Women in Communications, member
* [American Theatre Wing](/source/American_Theatre_Wing), board of trustees

==Marriage==
Nemy was married to S. Ralph Cohen, a vice-president of the Scandinavian Airlines System, until his death in 1983. The union was childless.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/enid_nemy |title=American Theatre Wing profile with marriage info. |access-date=2010-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720232931/http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/enid_nemy |archive-date=2010-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Centenary==
Former colleague [Clyde Haberman](/source/Clyde_Haberman) acknowledged Nemy's [centenary](/source/centenary) on [X](/source/X_(Twitter)) on April 21, 2024, wishing her a happy 100th birthday.<ref>[https://x.com/ClydeHaberman/status/1782136149407871424 Clyde Haberman tweet re Nemy's 100th birthday], x.com. Accessed June 11, 2024.</ref>

==Writing==
* [https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Potatoes-Enid-Nemy/dp/0385468849 ''Hot Potatoes''], Doubleday; 1st edition (February 1, 1993); {{ISBN|0385468849}}, {{ISBN|978-0385468848}}

==Quotes==
* ''"Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great."'' (Nemy)<ref>[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/enidnemy116368.html Brainy Quote website]</ref> <!-- date? -->

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