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Anne Applebaum
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American journalist and historian (born 1964)
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Anne Applebaum is an American and Polish historian, journalist, and writer. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1964, she is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and has received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the Marshall Scholarship, the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Lionel Gelber Prize. She has written for The Washington Post and The Atlantic. Her notable works include *Gulag*, *Autocracy, Inc.*, *World Monuments*, *Between East and West*, and *From A Polish Country House Kitchen 90 Recipes For The Ultimate Comfort Food*.
Applebaum was educated at Yale University, St Antony's College, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She speaks English, Polish, Russian, and French. She resides in Washington, D.C., Warsaw, and London. She is married to Radosław Sikorski and has two children.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 25 July 1964
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Autocracy, Inc.
- World Monuments
- From A Polish Country House Kitchen 90 Recipes For The Ultimate Comfort Food
- Gulag
- Between East and West
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum is an American journalist and historian. She has written extensively about Marxism–Leninism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She has worked at The Economist and The Spectator, and was a member of the editorial board of The Washington Post.
Known for
- Verdenssituationen med Clement — Gæst2025
- Two Men at War — Self2022
- State of Hate: The Explosion of White Supremacy — Herself2019
- Firing Line with Margaret Hoover2018
- ANNE WILL — Self2007
- Real Time with Bill Maher — Self2003
- CNN Special Report — Self1980
- Newsnight — Self1980
- Washington Week with The Atlantic — Self1967
- Washington Week with The Atlantic — Self - Panelist1967
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Anne Elizabeth Applebaum , ( 1964-07-25 ) July 25, 1964 (age 61) , Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States Poland
- Education
- Yale University ( BA ) London School of Economics ( MSc ) St Antony's College, Oxford
- Known for
- Writing on Soviet Union and its satellite countries
- Spouse
- Radosław Sikorski ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. June 27, 1992</span>"}]]}'>1992 )
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
- Website
- www .anneapplebaum .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Family name
- Sikorski
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Spouse
- Radosław Sikorski
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Employer
- The Spectator
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- history of communism
- Official website
- www.anneapplebaum.com
- Image
- MS241015 304 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- London
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- Anne Applebaum
- date of birth
- 1964-07-25
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- has written for
- The Atlantic
- social media followers
- 10200
- birth name
- Anne Elizabeth Applebaum
- married name
- Anne Applebaum-Sikorska
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Encyclopedic overview
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964) is an American journalist and historian. She has written about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. She became a Polish citizen in 2013.
Applebaum has worked at The Economist and The Spectator magazines, and she was a member of the editorial board of The Washington Post (2002–2006). She won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2004 for Gulag: A History. She is a staff writer for The Atlantic magazine, as well as a senior fellow of the SNF Agora Institute and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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