Robin Wright (author)

Robin Wright
Born Robin Wright
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Michigan
Occupation Journalist

Robin B. Wright [1] is an American foreign affairs analyst, journalist, and author, who is noted for her foreign tours, having reported from all around the world.

A graduate of the University of Michigan and a daughter of L. Hart Wright, a University of Michigan law professor,[2] she lives in Washington, D.C. [3]

Career

Wright has reported from more than 140 countries on six continents for The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Sunday Times of London, Foreign Affairs, CBS News, The Christian Science Monitor, and others. Her foreign tours include the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and as a roving foreign correspondent in Latin America and Asia. She most recently covered U.S. foreign policy for The Washington Post.[3]

Wright has also been a fellow at Yale, Duke, Stanford, Dartmouth, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Smithsonian's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California.[4]

Awards and honors

The American Academy of Diplomacy selected Wright as the journalist of the year for her "distinguished reporting and analysis of international affairs" in 2004.[5] She was also awarded the U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Medal for analysis and coverage of international affairs, and the National Press Club award for diplomatic reporting.[6] She received the National Magazine Award for her reportage from Iran in The New Yorker[4] and the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative" for coverage of African wars. She is the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant. She was awarded an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 1975 to research projects of interest and she wrote about the dismantling of Portugal's African empire.[7]

On May 2, 2015, she was awarded an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Humane Letters from her alma mater, the University of Michigan.

Bibliography

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  • Wright, Robin (1985). Sacred rage : the crusade of modern Islam. New York: Linden Press/Simon and Schuster.
  • — (1986) [1985]. Sacred rage : the crusade of modern Islam. UK edition. London: Andre Deutsch.
  • Robin Wright, In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade, Simon & Schuster (October 1989) ISBN 978-0-671-67235-5
  • Robin Wright and Doyle McManus, Flashpoints: Promise and Peril in a New World, Ballantine Books (December 22, 1992) ISBN 978-0-449-90673-6
  • Robin Wright, The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran (2000) ISBN 978-0-375-70630-1
  • — (2001). Sacred rage : the wrath of militant Islam. Revised edition. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  • Robin Wright, Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, Penguin Press (2008) ISBN 1-59420-111-0, a New York Times Notable Book in 2008 and one of The Washington Post’s “Best Books of 2008”
  • Robin Wright (editor), The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy, United States Institute of Peace Press (December 1, 2010) ISBN 978-1-60127-084-9
  • Robin Wright, Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World Simon & Schuster (July 19, 2011) ISBN 978-1-4391-0316-6
  • Robin Wright (editor), The Islamists are Coming: Who They Really Are United States Institute of Peace Press (April 2012) ISBN 978-1601271341
  • — (July 27, 2015). "Tehran's promise : the revolution's midlife crisis and the nuclear deal". Letter from Iran. The New Yorker. 91 (21): 22–28. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

References

  1. ↑ "Search Criteria: author = 'Wright, Robin B.'". OCLC Experimental Classification Service. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
  2. ↑ "In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade-Robin Wright Transcript". Booknotes. C-Span. November 19, 1989. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  3. 1 2 "Award-winning journalist and author Robin Wright". Greater Talent Network (GTN). Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  4. 1 2 "Wilson Center Experts - Robin Wright". 2014. Wilson Center. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Robin Wright, Speaker
  6. ↑ Robin Wright, Distinguished Scholar
  7. ↑ Robin Wright, The Dismantling of Portugal's African Empire
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