Die Osteuropa-Historikerin Anne Applebaum erhält den diesjährigen Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels.
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Anne Applebaum ist Expertin für Osteuropa, eine Kritikerin Putins - und die Friedenspreisträgerin 2024. Ihr Werk sei ein wichtiger Beitrag für die Bewahrung ...
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Anne Applebaum - 10 things to know with detail
Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author known for her work on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
She was born on July 25, 1964, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in a family with a strong interest in politics and international affairs.
Applebaum studied at Yale University and St. Antony's College, Oxford, where she earned a Master's degree in international relations.
She began her career as a journalist, working for the Economist and the Spectator before becoming a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post.
In 2004, Applebaum won the Pulitzer Prize for her book "Gulag: A History," which chronicles the history of the Soviet forced labor camps.
She has written several other books, including "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956," which won the Cundill Prize for Historical Literature in 2013.
Applebaum is a regular contributor to publications such as the Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, and the New York Review of Books.
She is also a senior fellow at the Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where she teaches courses on disinformation and propaganda.
Applebaum is known for her outspoken criticism of authoritarianism, populism, and the erosion of democracy in the modern world.
She is married to Radosław Sikorski, a Polish politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and they have two children together.