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Fergal Keane

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Fergal Keane

Aliases: Fergal Patrick Keane

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-01-06 (London, England)
Nationality
Irish
Languages
English, Irish
Residence History
Dublin → Cork → London

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Author
Active Years
1979-2024
Affiliations
BBC
Influenced By
John B. Keane

Education

Presentation Brothers College, Cork
Secondary education
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: Ireland
Won Provincial Gold Medal for Public Speaking

Awards

Amnesty International Press Awards
1993
Organization: Amnesty International
Result: 全体優勝
Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year
1994
Organization: Royal Television Society
Result: 受賞
Sony Radio Reporter of the Year
1994
Organization: Sony
Result: 受賞
Orwell Prize
1995
Work: Season of Blood
Result: 受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1997
Organization: British Government
Result: 受賞
Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize
2018
Work: Wounds
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey

1996 Non-fiction

Account of the Rwandan genocide.

GenocideWar

Bibliography

  • Irish Politics Now: "This Week" Guide to the 25th Dáil
  • The Bondage of Fear: A Journey Through the Last White Empire
  • Season of Blood: Rwandan Journey
  • Letter to Daniel: Despatches from the Heart
  • Letters Home
  • Dispatches from the Heart
  • A Stranger's Eye (BBC Radio Collection)
  • All of These People: A Memoir
  • Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944
  • Wounds: A Memoir of Love and War
  • The Madness: A Memoir of War, Fear and PTSD

Health

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    2010年代後半 - 現在
    Stepped down from Africa editor role for recovery.

Legacy

Renowned war correspondent with numerous awards; publicly discussed PTSD.

Trivia

  • Nephew of Irish playwright John B. Keane.
  • Married to Oscar-winning director Alice Winocour.