Barbara Demick is an American journalist. She was the Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times.[1] She is the author of Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood (Andrews & McMeel, 1996).[2] Her second book, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, was published by Spiegel & Grau/Random House in December 2009 and Granta Books in 2010.[3] Her third book Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town, focusing on the life of Tibetan people in Ngaba, Sichuan, China, was published in July 2020 by Random House.[4]
Demick was a correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer in Eastern Europe from 1993 to 1997. Along with photographer John Costello, she produced a series of articles that ran 1994–1996 following life on one Sarajevo street over the course of the war in Bosnia. The series won the George Polk Award for international reporting, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for international reporting and was a finalist for the Pulitzer in the features category.[7] She was stationed in the Middle East for the newspaper between 1997 and 2001.[8]
In 2001, Demick moved to the Los Angeles Times and became the newspaper's first bureau chief in Korea.[9] Demick reported extensively on human rights in North Korea, interviewing large numbers of refugees in China and South Korea. She focused on economic and social changes inside North Korea and on the situation of North Korean women sold into marriages in China. She wrote an extensive series of articles about life inside the North Korean city of Chongjin.[10] In 2005, Demick was a co-winner of the American Academy of Diplomacy's Arthur Ross Award for Distinguished Reporting & Analysis on Foreign Affairs.[7] In 2006, her reports about North Korea won the Overseas Press Club's Joe and Laurie Dine Award for Human Rights Reporting and the Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism.[11] That same year, Demick was also named print journalist of the year by the Los Angeles Press Club.
In 2010, she won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for her work, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.[12] The book was also a finalist for the U.S.'s most prestigious literary prize, the National Book Award.[13] and for the National Book Critics Circle Award. An animated feature film based on the book and sharing the same title[14] was planned to be directed by Andy Glynne.[14][15] The project launched in 2012[16] and a pilot was released in 2015.[17] Its status as of January 2018[update] is not clear.
Her first book, Logavina Street, was republished in an updated edition in April 2012 by Spiegel & Grau, a division of Random House.[18] Granta published the book in the U.K. under the title, Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street. [19]
Demick was a visiting professor at Princeton University in 2006-2007 teaching Coverage of Repressive Regimes through the Ferris Fellowship at the Council of the Humanities.[20] She moved to Beijing for the Los Angeles Times in 2007. She is also an occasional contributor to The New Yorker.
^Danner, Mark. Bosnia: The Great Betrayal. New York Review of Books. March 26, 1998. [1]
^"Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick - PenguinRandomHouse.com".
^"'Eat the Buddha' Reports From the 'World Capital of Self-Immolations'". The New York Times. July 15, 2020.
^Staff. "Barbara Demick Named Seoul Bureau Chief", Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2001. Accessed September 21, 2015. "A native of Ridgewood, N.J., Demick earned a bachelor's degree in economic history from Yale University and completed the Bagehot Fellowship in economic and business journalism at Columbia University."
^About Barbara Demick August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Nothing to Envy. Accessed September 21, 2015. "Demick grew up in Ridgewood, N.J. She is currently the Los Angeles Times’ bureau chief in Beijing."
^ abDemick, Barbara (2009). Nothing to Envy; Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Spiegel and Grau. ISBN978-0-385-52390-5.
^Matloff, Judith. "Mothers at War." Columbia Journalism Review. Aug 19, 2004.[2]
^"Los Angeles Times Names Barbara Demick Seoul Bureau Chief", Business Wire, Dec 10, 2001.[3]
^Reporter Gets Rare Glimpse at North Korea, National Public Radio, July 3, 2005. [4]
^"Asia Society Announces 2006 Winners of the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism". Asia Society.
^"Journalist Barbara Demick wins non-fiction prize with tale of life in North Korea". London Evening Standard. 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
^"Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea – 2010 National Book Award Nonfiction Finalist, The National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org.
^ ab. nothingtoenvy.net. Mosaic Films. 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
^. New Focus International. 2012-11-21. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
^"Mosaic Films launch their new project: Nothing to Envy – the animation". London Korean Links. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
^"Nothing to envy - pilot 2015". Vimeo. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
Excerpt of Nothing to Envy in The New Yorker. Nov. 2, 2009
Video: Barbara Demick discusses Nothing to Envy at the Asia Society, New York, Jan. 7, 2010
February 15, 2024
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Barbara Demick is an American journalist She was the Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times 1 She is the author of Logavina Street Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood Andrews amp McMeel 1996 2 Her second book Nothing to Envy Ordinary Lives in North Korea was published by Spiegel amp Grau Random House in December 2009 and Granta Books in 2010 3 Her third book Eat the Buddha Life and Death in a Tibetan Town focusing on the life of Tibetan people in Ngaba Sichuan China was published in July 2020 by Random House 4 Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards and nominations 3 References 4 External linksBiography editDemick grew up in Ridgewood New Jersey She attended Yale University graduating with a bachelor s degree in economic history 5 6 Demick was a correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer in Eastern Europe from 1993 to 1997 Along with photographer John Costello she produced a series of articles that ran 1994 1996 following life on one Sarajevo street over the course of the war in Bosnia The series won the George Polk Award for international reporting the Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award for international reporting and was a finalist for the Pulitzer in the features category 7 She was stationed in the Middle East for the newspaper between 1997 and 2001 8 In 2001 Demick moved to the Los Angeles Times and became the newspaper s first bureau chief in Korea 9 Demick reported extensively on human rights in North Korea interviewing large numbers of refugees in China and South Korea She focused on economic and social changes inside North Korea and on the situation of North Korean women sold into marriages in China She wrote an extensive series of articles about life inside the North Korean city of Chongjin 10 In 2005 Demick was a co winner of the American Academy of Diplomacy s Arthur Ross Award for Distinguished Reporting amp Analysis on Foreign Affairs 7 In 2006 her reports about North Korea won the Overseas Press Club s Joe and Laurie Dine Award for Human Rights Reporting and the Asia Society s Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism 11 That same year Demick was also named print journalist of the year by the Los Angeles Press Club In 2010 she won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction for her work Nothing to Envy Ordinary Lives in North Korea 12 The book was also a finalist for the U S s most prestigious literary prize the National Book Award 13 and for the National Book Critics Circle Award An animated feature film based on the book and sharing the same title 14 was planned to be directed by Andy Glynne 14 15 The project launched in 2012 16 and a pilot was released in 2015 17 Its status as of January 2018 update is not clear Her first book Logavina Street was republished in an updated edition in April 2012 by Spiegel amp Grau a division of Random House 18 Granta published the book in the U K under the title Besieged Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street 19 Demick was a visiting professor at Princeton University in 2006 2007 teaching Coverage of Repressive Regimes through the Ferris Fellowship at the Council of the Humanities 20 She moved to Beijing for the Los Angeles Timesin 2007 She is also an occasional contributor to The New Yorker Awards and nominations edit2012 Shorenstein Award for Asia coverage Stanford University 2012 International Human Rights Book Award for German edition of Nothing to Envy 2011 Finalist National Book Critics Circle award for non fiction 2011 Finalist National Book Award for non fiction 2010 Awarded BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction Nothing to Envy Ordinary Lives in North Korea 2006 Awarded Overseas Press Club s Joe and Laurie Dine Award for Human Rights Reporting 2006 Awarded Asia Society s Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism 2006 Awarded Los Angeles Press Club Print Journalist of the Year 2005 Awarded American Academy of Diplomacy s Arthur Ross Award for Distinguished Reporting amp Analysis on Foreign Affairs 1994 Awarded George Polk Awards The Philadelphia Inquirer 1994 Awarded Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award The Philadelphia Inquirer 1994 Nominated Pulitzer Prize The Philadelphia InquirerReferences edit Times Los Angeles Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times Danner Mark Bosnia The Great Betrayal New York Review of Books March 26 1998 1 Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick PenguinRandomHouse com Eat the Buddha Reports From the World Capital of Self Immolations The New York Times July 15 2020 Staff Barbara Demick Named Seoul Bureau Chief Los Angeles Times December 10 2001 Accessed September 21 2015 A native of Ridgewood N J Demick earned a bachelor s degree in economic history from Yale University and completed the Bagehot Fellowship in economic and business journalism at Columbia University About Barbara Demick Archived August 15 2015 at the Wayback Machine Nothing to Envy Accessed September 21 2015 Demick grew up in Ridgewood N J She is currently the Los Angeles Times bureau chief in Beijing a b Demick Barbara 2009 Nothing to Envy Ordinary Lives in North Korea Spiegel and Grau ISBN 978 0 385 52390 5 Matloff Judith Mothers at War Columbia Journalism Review Aug 19 2004 2 Los Angeles Times Names Barbara Demick Seoul Bureau Chief Business Wire Dec 10 2001 3 Reporter Gets Rare Glimpse at North Korea National Public Radio July 3 2005 4 Asia Society Announces 2006 Winners of the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism Asia Society Journalist Barbara Demick wins non fiction prize with tale of life in North Korea London Evening Standard 2010 07 02 Retrieved 2010 07 02 Barbara Demick Nothing to Envy Ordinary Lives in North Korea 2010 National Book Award Nonfiction Finalist The National Book Foundation www nationalbook org a b Nothing to Envy nothingtoenvy net Mosaic Films 2012 Archived from the original on 2016 01 11 Retrieved 2018 01 03 Interview with Mosaic Films defectors lives to be told through an animated feature New Focus International 2012 11 21 Archived from the original on 2018 01 03 Retrieved 2018 01 03 Mosaic Films launch their new project Nothing to Envy the animation London Korean Links 2012 10 02 Retrieved 2018 01 03 Nothing to envy pilot 2015 Vimeo 21 April 2015 Retrieved 2018 01 03 Demick Barbara 2012 Logavina Street ISBN 978 0812982763 Besieged on Amazon co uk ASIN 1847084117 Princeton Council of the Humanities fellows permanent dead link External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Barbara Demick Spiegel amp Grau 5 Barbara Demick Nothing to Envy Ordinary lives in North Korea on Amazon com Website for Nothing to Envy Excerpt of Nothing to Envy in The Paris Review Fall 2009 Excerpt of Nothing to Envy in The New Yorker Nov 2 2009 Video Barbara Demick discusses Nothing to Envy at the Asia Society New York Jan 7 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barbara Demick amp oldid 1194479308, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
