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Anne Applebaum

アン・アップルバウム

An Appurubāmu

Aliases: Anne Elizabeth Applebaum

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1964-07-25 （Washington, D.C., U.S.）
Nationality
United States, Poland
Languages
English, Polish, Russian
Religion
Reform Judaism
Residence History
Washington, D.C., United States → Warsaw, Poland → London, United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
journalist, historian, writer, professor
Active Years
1988-2024
Affiliations
SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University, The Atlantic, The Washington Post
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL), Council on Foreign Relations
Nominations
National Book Award Nonfiction Finalist (2003, Gulag), National Book Award Nonfiction Finalist (2012, Iron Curtain)

Education

Yale University
History and Literature
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1986
Country: United States
summa cum laude
London School of Economics
International Relations
Degree: MSc
Period: Marshall Scholarship
Year of Graduation: 1987
Country: United Kingdom
St Antony's College, Oxford
Country: United Kingdom
studied

Awards

Pulitzer Prize
2004
Work: Gulag: A History
Category: General Nonfiction
Organization: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Result: winner
Duff Cooper Prize
2003
Work: Gulag: A History
Result: winner
Lionel Gelber Prize
2018
Work: Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
Result: winner
Duff Cooper Prize
2017
Work: Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
Result: winner
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels
2024
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gulag: A History

2003 History 677 pages

A comprehensive history of the Soviet forced labor camp system known as the Gulag.

CommunismTotalitarianismHuman Rights Abuses

Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956

2012 History 614 pages

Describes the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Europe after World War II.

Cold WarCommunismCivil Society

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine

2017 History

History of the Holodomor, the 1932–33 famine in Soviet Ukraine.

StalinismFamineGenocide

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

2020 Political Essay 224 pages

Memoir and analysis of the rise of authoritarianism and crisis of democracy.

AuthoritarianismPopulismDemocracy

Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

2024 Political Analysis 224 pages

Analysis of networks among modern autocratic regimes.

AutocracyCorruptionInternational Relations

Bibliography

  • Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe
  • Gulag: A History
  • Gulag Voices: An Anthology
  • Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944–1956
  • From a Polish Country House Kitchen
  • Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine
  • Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
  • Wybór (Choice)
  • Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Meticulous research-based narrativeJournalistic analysisClear and engaging prose
Recurring Motifs
Legacy of CommunismThreat of AuthoritarianismImportance of Civil SocietyEastern European History

Legacy

Renowned historian and journalist specializing in Communist history and modern authoritarianism. Pulitzer Prize winner and prominent defender of democracy.

Trivia

  • Married Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in 1992; they have two sons.
  • Acquired Polish citizenship in 2013.
  • Sanctioned by Russia in 2022 for her criticism.