David Ignatius
| David Ignatius | |
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| Born |
May 26, 1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Novelist, Journalist, Analyst |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American-Armenian |
| Education |
St. Albans School Harvard University King's College, Cambridge |
| Genre | Suspense, Espionage fiction, Thriller |
| Notable works | Body of Lies, Agents of Innocence, The Increment |
| Spouse | Dr. Eve Thornberg Ignatius |
David R. Ignatius (May 26, 1950), is an American journalist and novelist. He is an associate editor and columnist for The Washington Post. He also co-hosts PostGlobal, an online discussion of international issues at Washingtonpost.com, with Fareed Zakaria. He has written nine novels, including Body of Lies, which director Ridley Scott adapted into a film. He is a former Adjunct Lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and currently Senior Fellow to the Future of Diplomacy Program. He has received numerous honors, including the Legion of Honor from the French Republic, the Urbino World Press Award from the Italian Republic, and a lifetime achievement award from the International Committee for Foreign Journalism.
Ignatius was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His parents are Nancy Sharpless (née Weiser) and Paul Robert Ignatius, a former Secretary of the Navy (1967–69), president of The Washington Post, and former president of the Air Transport Association. He is of Armenian descent on his father's side, with ancestors from Harput, Elazığ, Turkey; his mother, a descendant of Puritan minister Cotton Mather, is of German and English descent.
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