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Jonathan Freedland

ジョナサン・フリードランド

Jonason Furīdorando

Aliases: Jonathan Saul Freedland
Pen Names: Sam Bourne（Pen name for thriller novels）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-02-25 （London）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Masorti Judaism
Residence History
London, UK → Washington D.C., USA

Career

Occupations
journalist, author, broadcaster
Active Years
1989-2024
Affiliations
The Guardian, BBC Radio 4, The Jewish Chronicle (former)
Memberships
Governor of Simon Marks Jewish Primary School
Influenced By
Michael Freedland
Nominations
Baillie Gifford Prize shortlist (2022), Rathbones Folio Prize nomination, Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist

Education

University College School
Independent school
Period: 幼少期
Country: United Kingdom
Boys' independent school in Hampstead
Wadham College, Oxford
Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Degree: BA
Period: 1985-1988
Year of Graduation: 1988
Country: United Kingdom
Editor of student newspaper Cherwell

Awards

Laurence Stern Fellowship
1992
Organization: The Washington Post
Result: 受賞
What the Papers Say Columnist of the Year
2002
Organization: What the Papers Say
Result: 受賞
David Watt Prize for Journalism
2008
Work: Bush's Amazing Achievement
Result: 受賞
Orwell Prize (special)
2014
Organization: Orwell Prize
Result: 受賞
Comment Awards Commentariat of the Year
2016
Organization: Comment Awards
Result: 受賞
W. Somerset Maugham Award
1998
Work: Bring Home the Revolution
Category: ノンフィクション
Result: 受賞
National Jewish Book Award
2023
Work: The Escape Artist
Category: 伝記/ホロコースト
Organization: Jewish Book Council
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic

1998 Non-fiction

Argues that Britain should reclaim the revolutionary ideals it exported to America and undergo constitutional and cultural overhaul.

RepublicanismBritish politicsDemocracy
Adaptations
  • [Television] Bring Home the Revolution

Jacob's Gift: A Journey into the Heart of Belonging

2005 Memoir

Memoir of three generations of his Jewish family, exploring identity and belonging.

Jewish identityFamily history

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

2022 Biography

Biography of Rudolf Vrba, who escaped Auschwitz to warn the world.

HolocaustResistanceCourage

The Righteous Men

2006 Thriller

A reporter's life disrupted by kidnappings and murders of 'righteous men' leading to Judgment Day. (as Sam Bourne)

ReligionConspiracyApocalypse

Bibliography

  • Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic
  • Jacob's Gift: A Journey into the Heart of Belonging
  • The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
  • The Traitors Circle
  • The Righteous Men
  • The Last Testament
  • The Final Reckoning
  • The Chosen One
  • Pantheon
  • The 3rd Woman
  • To Kill the President
  • To Kill the Truth
  • To Kill a Man
  • King Winter's Birthday

Translations by Author

  • King Winter's Birthday (translation of Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Clear, persuasive journalistic styleTension-filled narrative grounded in history
Recurring Motifs
Jewish history and identityZionism and IsraelPolitical and religious conspiracies

Legacy

Prominent British liberal journalist, Guardian columnist, vocal on antisemitism in Jewish community, successful thriller author.

Trivia

  • Son of biographer and journalist Michael Freedland.
  • Resigned from The Jewish Chronicle in 2024 protesting fabricated Gaza articles.
  • Mentored Sacha Baron Cohen on a kibbutz during gap year.