About
Robert Fisk, born in Maidstone, Kent, and died in Dublin, was a war correspondent for The Times and later The Independent, based in Beirut. He covered Middle Eastern conflicts for nearly 40 years, including the Lebanese Civil War, the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf Wars, and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. He interviewed Osama bin Laden three times. Winner of the Orwell Prize in 1999 and seven times International Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards, he authored several books, including Pity the Nation and The Great War for Civilisation.
* 1946-07-12 — † 2020-10-28
Major works
- Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War (1990)non-fiction
- The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East (2005)non-fiction
Key milestones
- 1972Becomes Belfast correspondent for The Times, covering the conflict in Northern Ireland.
- 1999Wins the Orwell Prize for Journalism.
- 2020Dies in Dalkey, Dublin, at age 74.
Themes
Middle Eastern conflictsWar correspondenceCritique of Western foreign policyHistory of LebanonOn-the-ground reporting
Sources: britannica.com · orwellfoundation.com · id.loc.gov