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Olivier Weber

French writer · France · Writers · Born 1958 · age 68

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Olivier Weber is a French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Iraq.

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2017European and Mediterranean book prizeAward2011Amerigo Vespucci prizeAward2009Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1998Joseph-Kessel PrizeAward1992Albert Londres Prize for the best reporter in the written pressAward1958Born12 June 1958

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Awards

European and Mediterranean book prize2017
Amerigo Vespucci prize2011
Knight of the Legion of Honour2009
Joseph-Kessel Prize1998
Albert Londres Prize for the best reporter in the written press1992

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Olivier Weber is a French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Iraq. He is an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, president of the Prize Joseph Kessel and today ambassador of France at large. Weber has won several national and international awards of literature and journalism, in particular for his stories on Afghanistan and for his books on wars. His novels, travels writing books and essays have been translated in a dozen of languages.

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France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 68

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