Rajiv Chandrasekaranis an American journalist. He is a senior correspondent and associate editor atThe Washington Post,where he has worked since 1994.[1]
Rajiv Chandrasekaran | |
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 Chandrasekaran in 2015 | |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Notable awards | Samuel Johnson Prize |
Life
editHe grew up mostly in theSan Francisco Bay Area.He attendedStanford University,where he became editor-in-chief ofThe Stanford Dailyand earned a degree in political science.[2]
AtThe Posthe has served as bureau chief inBaghdad,Cairo,andSoutheast Asia,and as a correspondent covering the war inAfghanistan.During 2003, thePostput his stories on the front page 138 times.[3] In 2004, he was journalist-in-residence at theJohns Hopkins UniversitySchool of Advanced International Studies,[4]and a public policy scholar at theWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Chandrasekaran's 2006 bookImperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zonewon the 2007Samuel Johnson Prize[5]and was a finalist for the 2006National Book Awardsfor non-fiction.[6]The filmGreen Zone(2010) is "credited as having been 'inspired by'" the book.[7]
References
edit- ^"Rajiv Chandrasekaran - The Washington Post".Rajiv Chandrasekaran.Retrieved2022-07-10.
- ^About Rajiv ChandrasekaranArchived2014-09-09 atarchive.todayat official site rajivc
- ^Natalie Pompilio.Back from the Rajiv Palace,American Journalism Review,Jan. 2005
- ^"Rajiv Chandrasekaran".International Reporting Project.Retrieved12 September2013.
- ^Ezard, John (19 June 2007)."Chronicle of US chaos in Iraq wins £30,000 non-fiction prize".The Guardian.Retrieved12 September2013.
- ^Persky, Stan (2012).Reading the 21st Century: Books of the Decade, 2000-2009.McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 127.ISBN978-0773540477.
- ^McCarthy, Todd (4 March 2010)."Review:" Green Zone "".Variety.
Bibliography
edit- Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone.Knopf. 2006.ISBN9780307278838.
- Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan.Knopf. 2012.ISBN9780307957146.
- For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice.New York: Vintage. 2014.ISBN9781101872826.(withHoward Schultz)