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Mark Bowden

American journalist and writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1951 · age 75

Mark Bowden is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic.

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Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, which was later adapted into a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards.

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Born 1951 · age 75

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