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Born | December 1971 (age 52–53) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Subject | History |
Owen Matthews (born December 1971) is a British writer, historian and journalist. His first book, Stalin's Children, was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award, [1] the Orwell Prize for political writing, [2] and France's Prix Médicis Etranger. [3] His books have been translated into 28 languages. He is a former Moscow and Istanbul Bureau Chief for Newsweek.
Owen Matthews was born in London in 1971. His mother Lyudmila was born in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine, [4] and he speaks Russian as a native speaker. Matthews's maternal grandfather, Boris Bibikov, was a Communist Party supporter. [5]
Matthews studied Modern History at Oxford University. [6]
During the Bosnian War, Matthews worked as a freelance foreign correspondent in Budapest, Sarajevo and Belgrade. [6] [7] From 1995–7 he worked as a city and features 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. [6] From 2006 to 2012 he was Newsweek's Moscow Bureau Chief; and until 2019 was a Contributing Editor at the magazine. [6] In 2014 he reported for Newsweek on the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. [8] He is currently a contributing writer for The Spectator Magazine. [9]
Matthews co-wrote the 2015 Russian television series Londongrad and played an episodic role in it. [31] Matthews also played the US Ambassador to Moscow in the 2017 Russian television series The Optimists. [32]
In 2016-18 Matthews appeared regularly as a guest on Russian political talk shows 60 Minut (Russia's top-rated talk show on Russia-1); NTV's Mesto Vstrechi and Russia-1's Evening with Vladimir Solovyov. [33] He was known for outspoken criticism of the Kremlin and his clashes with senior Russian politicians, including Vladimir Zhirinovsky. [34] [35]
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Owen Matthews | |
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Born | December 1971 (age 52–53) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Subject | History |
Owen Matthews (born December 1971) is a British writer, historian and journalist. His first book, Stalin's Children, was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award, [1] the Orwell Prize for political writing, [2] and France's Prix Médicis Etranger. [3] His books have been translated into 28 languages. He is a former Moscow and Istanbul Bureau Chief for Newsweek.
Owen Matthews was born in London in 1971. His mother Lyudmila was born in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine, [4] and he speaks Russian as a native speaker. Matthews's maternal grandfather, Boris Bibikov, was a Communist Party supporter. [5]
Matthews studied Modern History at Oxford University. [6]
During the Bosnian War, Matthews worked as a freelance foreign correspondent in Budapest, Sarajevo and Belgrade. [6] [7] From 1995–7 he worked as a city and features 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. [6] From 2006 to 2012 he was Newsweek's Moscow Bureau Chief; and until 2019 was a Contributing Editor at the magazine. [6] In 2014 he reported for Newsweek on the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. [8] He is currently a contributing writer for The Spectator Magazine. [9]
Matthews co-wrote the 2015 Russian television series Londongrad and played an episodic role in it. [31] Matthews also played the US Ambassador to Moscow in the 2017 Russian television series The Optimists. [32]
In 2016-18 Matthews appeared regularly as a guest on Russian political talk shows 60 Minut (Russia's top-rated talk show on Russia-1); NTV's Mesto Vstrechi and Russia-1's Evening with Vladimir Solovyov. [33] He was known for outspoken criticism of the Kremlin and his clashes with senior Russian politicians, including Vladimir Zhirinovsky. [34] [35]
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