Marcel Theroux
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Marcel Theroux | |
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| Born | 13 June 1968 Kampala, Uganda |
| Occupation | Novelist, television presenter |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge Yale University |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Paul Theroux (father) |
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Marcel Raymond Theroux (born 13 June 1968) is a
He is the elder son of the American travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux and his then-wife Anne Castle.[1] His younger brother, Louis Theroux, is a journalist, documentarian, and television presenter.
Early life
Marcel Theroux was born in 1968 in
He lives in
Career
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From 2000 to 2002, Theroux presented a series of documentaries for Unreported World.
In 2004 he presented The End of the World as We Know It, part of the War on Terra television series about
In March 2006 Theroux presented Death of a Nation on More4, as part of The State of Russia series. In the programme he explored the country's post-Soviet problems, including population decline, the growing AIDS epidemic, and the persecution of the Meskhetian Turks. During interviews in the programme, he spoke simple Russian.
On 28 September 2008 he presented Oligart: The Great Russian Art Boom on Channel 4, exploring the role of Russia's rich in keeping Russia's art history alive by buying and exhibiting domestic art.
In March 2009,
On 16 March 2009, Theroux presented In Search of Wabi-sabi on BBC Four, as part of the channel's 'Hidden Japan' season of programming. Theroux travelled and reported from Japan to explore the aesthetic tastes of Japan and its people.
In 2012, he presented a documentary for Unreported World Series 23, on the subject of street children in Ukraine.
His novel
In 2017, he presented a documentary for Unreported World which explored the social and economic consequences of the recent rise in Orthodoxy and Russian nationalism under Vladimir Putin.
In 2020, he presented a documentary for Unreported World which explored middle-aged, single Japanese men's obsession with 'Junior Idols' and whether it was a quirk in Japanese culture or something more sinister.
Bibliography
- Theroux, Marcel (2002). The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes. Harvest Books. ISBN 978-0156007436.
- Theroux, Marcel (2009). Far North: A Novel. Picador. ISBN 978-0312429720.
- Theroux, Marcel (2013). Strange Bodies: A Novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0571297894.
- Theroux, Marcel (2022). The Sorcerer of Pyongyang. Corsair. ISBN 978-1668002667.
References
- ^ "Therouxly, madly, deeply: Jennifer Aniston engaged to Justin Theroux". 15 August 2012.
- ^ Heawood, Sophie (26 March 2015). "Louis Theroux: 'My secret fear is that I'm not helping'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
