Yaroslav Trofimov

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Yaroslav Trofimov
Born1969 (age 5455)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationWriter, journalist, and columnist
Genre Literary nonfiction
Website
www.yarotrof.com

Yaroslav Trofimov (born 1969) is a Ukrainian-born [1] Italian author and journalist who is chief foreign-affairs correspondent at The Wall Street Journal . Previously he wrote a weekly column on the Greater Middle East, "Middle East Crossroads," [2] in The Wall Street Journal. He has been a foreign correspondent for the publication since 1999, covering the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Prior to 2015 he was The Wall Street Journal's bureau chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for two consecutive years, in 2023 for his coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine [3] and in 2022 for reporting on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, [4] won the National Press Club award for political analysis in 2024, [5] received the Arthur Ross Media Award for his coverage of Ukraine, [6] won the Overseas Press Club award for foreign reporting on India, [7] won the SAJA Daniel Pearl award for the outstanding story on South Asia in 2007 and shared the SAJA award for coverage of the Mumbai bombing in 2008, [8] among other honors. In 2021 and 2023 he was awarded the Overseas Press Club Flora Lewis award citation for best commentary on international news. [9] [10]

His book, Our Enemies Will Vanish, was shortlisted for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. [11] It won the Peterson Literary Prize in December 2024. [12]

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Notes

  1. "Yaroslav Trofimov's evacuation from Kabul in WSJ".
  2. "Yaroslav Trofimov in WSJ".
  3. "Pulitzer Winners 2023".
  4. "Pulitzer Winners 2022".
  5. Press Club Winners 2024 https://www.press.org/newsroom/new-york-times-wall-street-journal-national-public-radio-win-awards-national-press-clubtitle=National Press Club Winners 2024.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Ross Arthur Award 2022".
  7. "OPC Winners – 2007".
  8. "SAJA Awards – 2008 and -9 sections" . Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  9. "OPC Winners – 2021". 6 April 2021.
  10. "OPC Winners – 2023". 22 March 2023.
  11. "Orwell Prizes 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  12. "Yaroslav Trofimov wins the 2024 Peterson Literary Prize" (PDF). Peterson Literary Fund. December 2 2024. Retrieved 05.12.2024.{{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "Orwell Prize Finalist 2024".
  14. "Barnes and Noble Discover Awards".
  15. "Washington Institute for Near East Policy Book Prize" . Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  16. "Longlist – Authors 2006".

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