Orwell Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (2023) Winner
Gary Younge
ゲイリー・ヤング
Geirī Yangu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1969-01-01 （Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, French, Russian
- Residence History
- Stevenage, Hertfordshire → Edinburgh → Chicago (2011-2015) → Hackney, London
Career
- Occupations
- Columnist, Professor, Author, Broadcaster
- Active Years
- 1993-2024
- Affiliations
- The Guardian, University of Manchester School of Social Sciences
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Nominations
- Guardian First Book Award shortlist (No Place Like Home)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heriot-Watt University | — | French and Russian | — | 1987-1992 | United Kingdom |
| City, University of London | — | Journalism | — | — | United Kingdom |
Heriot-Watt University
French and Russian
Period:
1987-1992
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United Kingdom
Vice president (welfare) of the student association
City, University of London
Journalism
Year of Graduation:
1993
Country:
United Kingdom
Bursary from The Guardian to study journalism
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | James Cameron Award | Barack Obama election campaign coverage | — | James Cameron Memorial Trust | Winner |
| 2015 | Foreign Commentator of the Year | — | — | The Comment Awards | Winner |
| 2015 | David Nyhan Prize | — | — | Harvard University's Shorenstein Center | Winner |
| 2016 | Sandford Award | — | — | Sandford St Martin Trust | Winner |
| 2017 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize | Another Day in the Death of America | — | Columbia Journalism School and Nieman Foundation | Winner |
James Cameron Award
2009
Work:
Barack Obama election campaign coverage
Organization:
James Cameron Memorial Trust
Result:
Winner
Foreign Commentator of the Year
2015
Organization:
The Comment Awards
Result:
Winner
David Nyhan Prize
2015
Organization:
Harvard University's Shorenstein Center
Result:
Winner
Sandford Award
2016
Organization:
Sandford St Martin Trust
Result:
Winner
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
2017
Work:
Another Day in the Death of America
Organization:
Columbia Journalism School and Nieman Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
No Place Like Home
2002 Non-fictionA Black Briton's journey through the American South retracing civil rights Freedom Riders.
Racial politicsCivil rights
Stranger in a Strange Land
2006 Non-fictionEncounters in the Disunited States.
American societyIdentity
Who Are We – And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?
2011 Non-fictionExploration of identity in the 21st century.
IdentityMulticulturalism
The Speech
2013 Non-fictionThe story behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream speech.
Civil rights movement
Another Day in the Death of America
2016 Non-fictionChronicle of ten short lives lost to gun violence in America.
Gun violenceRaceViolence
Dispatches from the Diaspora
2023 Non-fictionCollection of journalism from Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter.
DiasporaRacism
Bibliography
- No Place Like Home
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- Who Are We – And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?
- The Speech
- Another Day in the Death of America
- Dispatches from the Diaspora
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- JournalisticPersonal narrativeIncisive analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Racial politicsLeft-wing politicsDiaspora
Legacy
Influential British journalist, author, and sociology professor known for work on race and politics, long-time Guardian columnist.
In Popular Culture
- Named in 100 Great Black Britons (2020)
- Powerlist Top 100 (2020, 2021)
Trivia
- Of Barbadian descent.
- At 17, taught English in a UN Eritrean refugee school in Sudan.
- Brother Pat Younge was a BBC executive.