Robert F. Worth
Robert Forsyth Worth is an American journalist and former chief of The New York Times Beirut bureau.[1] He is the author of Rage for Order.[2]
Robert F. Worth | |
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Born | |
Nationality | United States |
Occupation | Author |
Spouse(s) | Alice Clapman |
Children | Isaac, Felix |
Worth became a New York Times reporter at the metropolitan desk in 2000. He was the Times correspondent in Baghdad from 2003 to 2006,[3] and their Beirut bureau chief from 2007 until 2011.[4] He has also contributed to the New York Review of Books.[5] From 2014 to 2015, he was a public policy fellow in the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars while writing Rage for Order.[5][6] While there he worked on "The Arab Revolts and their Legacy" project.
"Born and raised" in Manhattan,[4] Worth is a graduate of Wesleyan University and has an M.A. and a Ph.D. (in English) from Princeton University.[7] He is married to Alice Clapman, an attorney. The two have two sons, Isaac and Felix.
Awards and honors
He has been a two-time finalist for the National Magazine Award.[4]
He won a Silver Medal in the 2017 Arthur Ross Book Award given by the Council on Foreign Relations for his book A Rage for Order.[8]
References
- "A RAGE FOR ORDER". Kirkus. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- Worth, Robert F. (2016). A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS. Pan Macmillan. p. 82. ISBN 9780374710712. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- "Robert Worth". Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Columbia Journalism School. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- "ROBERT F. WORTH". macmillan. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- "Robert F. Worth". New York Review of Books.
- "Robert Worth". Wilson Center. 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- "SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW . Up Front: Robert F. Worth". Sep 9, 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- "John Pomfret's "The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom" Wins 2017 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award". Council on Foreign Relations. November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.