Robin Wright (author)

Robin B. Wright[1] is an American foreign affairs analyst, author and journalist who is noted for her coverage of wars, revolutions and uprisings around the world.[2]

Robin Wright
Born
Robin Wright
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationJournalist

She 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[3] and Phyllis Wright, a dancer and actress.[2] She lives in Washington, D.C.[4]

Career

Wright has reported from more than 140 countries on seven continents for The New Yorker, The Washington Post[5], The Los Angeles Times[6],The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic[7], The Sunday Times of London, Foreign Policy[8], Foreign Affairs[9], CBS News, The Christian Science Monitor[10], 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.[4] She is currently a columnist for The New Yorker[11].

Wright has also been a fellow at Yale, Duke, Stanford, Dartmouth, the U.S. Institute of Peace[12], the Smithsonian's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[13], the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California.[14]

Wright’s most recent book is “Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic world (2011).” It 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. Her other books include “The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran” (2000), "Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam" (2001), “Flashpoints: Promise and Peril in a New World,” “In the Name of God: The Khomeini Decade” (1989), “The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy,” (2010) and “The Islamists: Who They Really Are” (2012).

As an analyst, Wright has appeared[15] on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” “The Today Show,” and “Nightly News”; CBS’s “Face the Nation,” “Morning News” and “Evening News”; ABC’s “This Week” and “Nightline”; the PBS “Newshour,” “Washington Week in Review,” and “Frontline”; NPR’s “Morning Edition,” “All Things Considered,” “Weekend Edition,” “To the Point” and “The Diane Rehm Show”; HBO’s “Real Time”; MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and “Hardball”; CNN’s “GPS,” “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” and “Anderson Cooper 360”; and Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report”; and C-Span’s “Booknotes,” among many others.


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.[16] She was also awarded the U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Medal for analysis and coverage of international affairs in 2003, and the National Press Club award for diplomatic reporting in 2004.[17] She received the National Magazine Award for her reportage from Iran in The New Yorker[14] and the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and initiative" for coverage of African wars in 1976. 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 live in Africa and write about the dismantling of Portugal's African empire.[18]

On May 2, 2015, she was awarded an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Humane Letters from her alma mater, the University of Michigan[19].

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. "Seven to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement | The University Record". record.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  3. Wright, Robin. "My Last Conversation with My Father". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. "Award-winning journalist and author Robin Wright". Greater Talent Network (GTN). Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  5. 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.
  6. "Los Angeles Times journalist Robin Wright". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  7. Wright, Robin (1994-07-01). "What Would the World Be Like Without Him?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  8. Wright, Robin. "Robin Wright". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  9. "Robin Wright". Foreign Affairs. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  10. "Youth, religion, and radicalism give new twist to Palestinian movement". Christian Science Monitor. 1988-01-25. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  11. "Robin Wright". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  12. "Robin Wright". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  13. "Robin Wright". United States Institute of Peace. 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. Robin Wright, Speaker CassidyAndFishman.com
  17. Robin Wright, Distinguished Scholar
  18. Robin Wright, The Dismantling of Portugal's African Empire
  19. "Seven to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement | The University Record". record.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
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