John Pomfret (journalist)
John Pomfret | |
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Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Stanford University, Nanjing University |
Occupation(s) | journalist, writer |
Employer | The Washington Post |
Spouse | Zhang Mei |
John Pomfret (born 1959) is an American journalist and writer.
Biography
Pomfret was born in
He started his journalistic career at the
After two years with the AP in New York, in 1988, he was sent to China as a foreign correspondent, thanks to his knowledge of Mandarin and his Asian studies background. There he covered the
During his career, he received several awards, including 2003's Osborne Elliot Prize for the best coverage of Asia by the Asia Society and 2007's Shorenstein Prize for coverage of Asia. In 1996, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in International Reporting for his work in Congo.
The experiences he had when he attended Nanjing University, and his perspective of the Chinese opening, are narrated in his 2006 book
Pomfret won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship[3] in 2004 writing about education in China. In 2011, he was awarded the Edward Weintal Award for Diplomatic Reporting from Georgetown University for his work covering America's relations with China. He was a Fulbright senior scholar in China in 2013, where he researched a book on the interactions between Americans and Chinese. That book, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom, was published in November 2016. It won the 2017 Arthur Ross Book Award given by the Council on Foreign Relations.[4] Pomfret's third book, From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging an Unlikely Alliance, was published in October 2021 to critical acclaim.[5]
He speaks, reads and writes
Works
- From Warsaw With Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance. Holt Paperbacks. 2021. ISBN 978-1250296054.
- ISBN 0-8050-8664-1.
- The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present. Henry Holt and Co. 2016. ISBN 978-0805092509.
References
- viaf.org. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ 北京市地方志编纂委员会 (1990). 北京年鉴1990 (in Chinese). 中国城市出版社.
- ^ Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship
- ^ "John Pomfret's "The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom" Wins 2017 CFR Arthur Ross Book Award". Council on Foreign Relations. November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ Pomfret, John. Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006.