Name Owen Matthews Role Journalist | ||
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Books Stalin's Children, Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America | ||
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Owen Matthews (born 1971) is a British writer, historian and journalist. His first book, Stalin's Children, was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Books Award, the Orwell Prize for political writing, and France's Prix Medicis Etranger His books have been translated into 28 languages. He is a former Moscow and Istanbul Bureau Chief for Newsweek Magazine. Matthews has lectured on Russian history and politics at Columbia University's Harriman Centre, St Antony's College Oxford, and the Journalism Faculty of Moscow State University.
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- Oxford 2009 losing russia part 4 owen matthews
- Owen matthews barn av stalin
- Biography
- Journalism
- Books
- References
Owen matthews barn av stalin
Biography
Owen Matthews was born in London in 1971. He was educated at Westminster School and studied Modern History at Christ Church, Oxford.
Journalism
During the Bosnian War, Matthews worked as foreign correspondent in Budapest, Sarajevo and Belgrade. From 1995-7 he worked as a reporter on The Moscow Times. In 1997 he joined Newsweek Magazine's Moscow Bureau as a correspondent, covering the Second Chechen war. In 2001 he moved to Turkey, reporting from Turkey, the Caucasus, Syria and Iran, and also covering the invasions of Afghanistan and then Iraq. From 2006 to 2012 he was Newsweek's Moscow Bureau Chief; he is now a Contributing Editor at the magazine.
Books
