Lara Marlowe
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Lara Marlowe | |
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| Born | 25 April 1957 California,United States |
| Nationality | American, French |
| Education | UCLA, Sorbonne, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Notable credit(s) | War correspondent(most recentlyIraq War,Afghanistan,2006 Lebanon War); Beirut Bureau chief –Time(1981–1996); Middle East correspondent –The Irish Times(1996–2009); US correspondent –The Irish Times(2009–2012), Books:The Things I've Seen(2010),Painted with Words(2011) |
| Spouse | Robert Fisk(1994–2006) |
Lara Marlowe(born 25 April 1957) is a US-bornjournalistandauthor,who was the US correspondent forThe Irish Times(2009–2012) before returning to Paris in 2013 as the paper's Paris correspondent. Marlowe also spent 15 years as a journalist forTime.She was married toRobert Fiskfor 12 years.[1]
On April 11, 2019, Marlowe became a naturalized French citizen.[2]
Career[edit]
Born inCalifornia,Marlowe received aB.A.in French fromUCLAand a Master's in International Relations fromOxford University;she also spent a year of study at theSorbonne.She became a correspondent forThe Irish Timesin 1996, after resigning, in the wake of theQana massacre,fromTime,where she was Beirut bureau chief, in protest at the reluctance of its editors to print anything critical of Israel.[3]
She regularly reported fromIraqfollowing the2003 US-led invasionthereof. She has been a guest contributor to many broadcast and print outlets. Marlowe is a leading journalist on theMiddle Eastas well as domestic French politics. For her work, she was made Chevalier of theLégion d'Honneurin 2006.[4]She is a regular contributor toNewstalkin Ireland.
While based in Washington D.C. forThe Irish Times,Marlowe traveled twice to Haiti reporting on the immediate aftermath of its catastrophic earthquake in January 2010, and again in July 2010.
Marlowe has written three books:The Things I've Seen(2010),Painted with Words(2011) andLove in a Time of War(2021). The last book is a memoir of the period she worked with Fisk.
References[edit]
- ^Lara Marlowe,'Robert Fisk, my former husband, was the finest journalist of his generation,'Irish Times7 November 2020
- ^Lara Marlowe,'After the longest journey of my life, I am now a French citizen,'The Irish Times12 April 2019.
- ^David Manning and Miriam Cotton, with Lara Marlowe,'An Interview with Lara Marlowe, Foreign Correspondent for the Irish Times,'MediaBite 13 June 2008
- ^Patrick Smyth,'French honour 'Irish Times' journalist,'TheIrish Times24 June 2006.