Robin Wright (author)

Robin Wright
Wright in 2004
Born	Robin B. Wright (1948-08-27) August 27, 1948 (age 76) Ann Arbor, Michigan
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation	Journalist

Robin B. Wright (born August 22, 1948), ^[1] is an American foreign affairs analyst, author and journalist who has covered wars, revolutions and uprisings around the world. ^[2] She writes for The New Yorker and is a fellow of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center. ^[3] Wright has authored five books and coauthored or edited three others.

Early life

Wright was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She attended Pres Fleuris—Les Roches in Bluche-sur-Sierre, Switzerland. A graduate of the University of Michigan, she is the daughter of L. Hart Wright, a University of Michigan law professor ^[4] and Phyllis Wright, a dancer and actress. ^[2] She lives in Washington, D.C. ^[5]

Career

Wright received an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 1975 to live in Africa and write about the dismantling of Portugal's African empire. ^[6]

Wright has reported from more than 140 countries on seven continents for The New Yorker, The Washington Post , ^[7] The Los Angeles Times , ^[8] The New York Times Magazine , The Atlantic , ^[9] The Sunday Times of London, Foreign Policy (2011–2019), ^[10] Foreign Affairs , ^[11] CBS News, The Christian Science Monitor , ^[12] and others. She did several tours as a foreign correspondent based in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and as a roving foreign correspondent in Latin America and Asia. She formerly covered U.S. foreign policy and national security for The Washington Post. ^[5] She is currently a columnist for The New Yorker ^[13] .

Wright has been a fellow at Yale, Duke, Stanford, Dartmouth, the U.S. Institute of Peace, ^[3] the Smithsonian's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, ^[3] the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California. ^[14]

Wright's book Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic world (2011) was selected as the Best Book on International Affairs by the Overseas Press Club in 2011. Among her other books, Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East (2008) was selected by both The New York Times and The Washington Post as one of the most notable books of the year.

As an analyst, Wright has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press , The Today Show , and Nightly News ; CBS's Face the Nation , Morning News and Evening News ; and ABC's This Week and Nightline', among many other programs. ^[15]

Awards and honors

• 1976: Overseas Press Club Bob Considine Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative" for the Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the Angolan war. ^{[5] [16]}
• 1989: National Magazine Award for reportage from Iran in The New Yorker ^[14]
• 2001: Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Weintal Prize "for most distinguished diplomatic reporting" in the Washington Post ^{[5] [17]}
• 2003: U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Medal for analysis and coverage of international affairs ^[5]
• 2004: National Press Club award for diplomatic reporting ^[18]
• 2004: American Academy of Diplomacy journalist of the year for "distinguished reporting and analysis of international affairs" ^[19]
• 2015, May 2: honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from her alma mater, the University of Michigan. ^[20]

She is the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant. ^[5]

Bibliography

External videos
Booknotes interview with Wright on In the Name of God, November 19, 1989, C-SPAN
Presentation by Wright on The Last Great Revolution, February 17, 2000, C-SPAN
After Words interview with Wright on Dreams and Shadows, March 29, 2008, C-SPAN
Washington Journal interview with Wright on Rock the Casbah, August 8, 2011, C-SPAN

• Robin Wright (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
  • Booknotes interview of Wright about In the Name of God, (November 19, 1989)
• 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 . Vol. 91, no. 21. pp. 22–28. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

References

1. "Search Criteria: author = 'Wright, Robin B.'". OCLC Experimental Classification Service. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
2. "Seven to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement | The University Record". record.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
3. "Robin Wright". United States Institute of Peace. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
4. Wright, Robin (2017-06-17). "My Last Conversation with My Father". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
5. "Award-winning journalist and author Robin Wright". Greater Talent Network (GTN). Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
6. Robin Wright, The Dismantling of Portugal's African Empire
7. Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs. "Interview by Robin Wright of The Washington Post". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
8. "Los Angeles Times journalist Robin Wright". NPR. 2002-11-26. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
9. Wright, Robin (1994-07-01). "What Would the World Be Like Without Him?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
10. Wright, Robin. "Robin Wright". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
11. "Robin Wright". Foreign Affairs. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
12. "Youth, religion, and radicalism give new twist to Palestinian movement". Christian Science Monitor. 1988-01-25. ISSN   0882-7729 . Retrieved 2020-05-05.
13. "Robin Wright". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
14. "Wilson Center Experts - Robin Wright". 2014. Wilson Center . Retrieved 3 April 2014.
15. "Robin Wright". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
16. Overseas Press Club of America Awards Recipients. Retrieved 2021-01-16
17. Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting - Past Recipients. Retrieved 2021-01-16
18. Robin Wright, Distinguished Scholar
19. Robin Wright, Speaker CassidyAndFishman.com
20. "Seven to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement | The University Record". record.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-05.

External links

• Robin Wright Blog analysis of international affairs and current crises
• The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and US Policy, website for book edited by Robin Wright
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Robin Wright at IMDb