Peter Niesewand
Peter Joseph Niesewand (30 June 1944 – 4 February 1983), journalist and novelist, was born in
Lebanese civil war, again for the Guardian. As their Asia correspondent he also covered the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan from on the ground, experiences that inform his last novel, Scimitar.[4]
He subsequently returned to London to become their deputy news editor until his untimely death of a heart attack at the age of 38.
Niesewand is credited by
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez
's 'Jackal' alias:
The nickname the Guardian reporter Peter Niesewand had inspired by mentioning the Forsyth thriller[6] found along with the arms cache in Angela Otaola's bedsit was a perfect fit. Derogatory yet with just a hint of admiration for the cunning of the canine sometimes known as "the lion's provider".
Works
- In Camera; Secret Justice in Rhodesia. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1973. ISBN 9780297766766.
Besides journalism and non-fiction Niesewand also wrote five novels:
- The Underground Connection. Secker and Warburg. 1978. ISBN 978-0-8128-3048-4.
- A Member of the Club. London: Secker and Warburg. 1979. OL 4484997M.
- The Word of a Gentleman. Secker and Warburg. 1981. ISBN 978-0-586-05626-4.,
- Fallback. New American Library. 1983. ISBN 978-0-451-12053-3. and
- Scimitar. Granada. 1983. ISBN 978-0-451-13905-4.
Notes and references
- ^ "Making of a Nonperson". Time. 19 March 1973. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Bittersweet Victory". Time. 14 May 1973. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Niesewand 1973.
- ^ Niesewand 1983b.
- ISBN 978-0-7493-2008-9.
- ISBN 978-0-09-107390-9.
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