Alan Riding
{{Short description|British author and journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Alan Riding
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|12|8}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| occupation =Journalist
author
| nationality = British
| alma_mater = Rossall School
Bristol University
| genre = Non-fiction
| website = {{URL|http://www.alanriding.com}}
}}
Alan Riding (born 8 December 1943, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a British author and journalist. He was a long-time foreign correspondent for The New York Times, most recently as the paper's European Cultural Correspondent based in Paris. His latest book is And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.andtheshowwenton.com/alan_riding.html |title=Written by Alan Riding - Biography |publisher=And The Show Went On |access-date=2013-10-24}}
Early life
After spending his first 11 years in Brazil, Riding went to England to attend Rossall School, Lancashire, and later Bristol University. He was called to the bar at Gray’s Inn before deciding to become a journalist.{{cite web|url=http://andtheshowwenton.com/alan_riding.html |title=Written by Alan Riding - Biography |publisher=And The Show Went On |access-date=2013-10-24}}
Career
Riding started with Reuters in New York City, covering the United Nations. In 1971, he left Reuters and moved to Mexico to work as a freelance reporter, principally for The Financial Times, The Economist, and The New York Times.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/19/archives/latins-seeking-a-common-front-24-foreign-ministers-meet-in-mexico.html |title=LATINS SEEKING A COMMON FRONT - 24 Foreign Ministers Meet in Mexico to Prepare for Talks With Kissinger 'A New Dialogue' Delegations Distressed - Article - NYTimes.com |publisher=Select.nytimes.com |date=1974-02-19 |access-date=2013-10-24}} In 1978, he joined The New York Times as Mexico City bureau chief. Before leaving Mexico for Brazil in 1984, he wrote Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans, on modern Mexico.{{cite web|last=Riding |first=Alan |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/39502/robert-d-crassweller/distant-neighbors-a-portrait-of-the-mexicans# |title=Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans |publisher=Foreign Affairs |date=1985-03-01 |access-date=2013-10-24}}
As the Rio de Janeiro bureau chief, Riding covered the transitions from military regimes to democracies in Brazil and many neighboring countries as well as guerrilla wars and drug trafficking in Peru{{cite news|last=Riding |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/16/weekinreview/peru-cracks-down-again-on-rebels-of-the-shining-path.html?ref=alanriding |title=Peru Cracks Down Again on Rebels of the Shining Path |location=PERU |work=NYTimes.com |date=1986-11-16 |access-date=2013-10-24}} and Colombia.{{cite news|last=Riding |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/22/world/colombia-says-drug-war-won-t-bar-rebel-pact.html?ref=alanriding |title=Colombia Says Drug War Won'T Bar Rebel Pact |location=Colombia |work=NYTimes.com |date=1984-05-22 |access-date=2013-10-24}}
In 1989, after a brief stint in Rome, he was named The New York Times{{'}}s Paris bureau chief, which included coverage of the European Union and NATO. In 1995, he became the paper's European Cultural Correspondent, a post that involved covering all the arts in the region.{{cite web|last=Riding |first=Alan |url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/alan_riding/index.html?8qa |title=Alan Riding - The New York Times |publisher=Topics.nytimes.com |access-date=2013-10-24}} During this period, he also co-authored (with Leslie Dunton-Downer) "Essential Shakespeare Handbook" and "Opera". In 2007, Riding left journalism to write And The Show Went On, published by Knopf in 2010. It has also been published in Britain and has been translated into Spanish, Catalan, French, Polish, Chinese and Portuguese. He has since devoted himself to writing for the theater.
Riding lives in Paris,{{cite web|url=http://www.ags.edu/news/school/157-school-news-ird/1015-author-and-journalist-alan-riding-teaches-a-writing-workshop-at-ags |title=Author and Journalist Alan Riding teaches a Writing Workshop at AGS |publisher=Ags.edu |date=2008-09-10 |access-date=2013-10-24}} with his wife Marlise Simons who is a reporter for The New York Times.
Awards
- 1981 Maria Moors Cabot Prize for Latin American Coverage.{{cite web|url=http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/177-cabot-prizes-past-winners/178 |title=Cabot Prizes: Past Winners - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |publisher=Journalism.columbia.edu |access-date=2013-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202741/http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/177-cabot-prizes-past-winners/178 |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}
- 1992 Latin American Studies Association, Special Citation.{{cite web|url=http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/eng/awards/media_history2.asp |title=Latin American Studies Association: LASA Awards |publisher=Lasa.international.pitt.edu |access-date=2013-10-24}}
- 2003 Order of the Águila Azteca,{{cite web|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=42506 |title=Entrega gobierno Orden del Aguila Azteca al periodista Alan Riding |publisher=Cronica.com.mx |access-date=2013-10-24}} Mexico.
- 2011 Palau I Fabre International non-Fiction Prize,{{cite web |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/libros/20110224/54119732839/javier-arguello-ii-premio-internacional-de-ensayo-palau-i-fabre.html |title=Javier Argüello, II Premio Internacional de Ensayo Palau i Fabre |language=es |publisher=Lavanguardia.com |date=2011-02-24 |access-date=2013-10-24 |archive-date=26 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426060707/http://www.lavanguardia.com/libros/20110224/54119732839/javier-arguello-ii-premio-internacional-de-ensayo-palau-i-fabre.html |url-status=dead }} Spain.
- 2022 Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Bristol,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=19 July 2022 |title=Alan Riding {{!}} Graduation |url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-degrees/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-2022/alan-riding/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=University of Bristol}} UK
Books
- [http://www.randomhouse.com/book/154211/distant-neighbors-by-alan-riding#blurb_tabs Distant Neighbors]: A Portrait of the Mexicans. Knopf, New York, 1985; Vintage 1986. ({{ISBN|978-0307389053}})
- [http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780751348828,00.html?strSrchSql=essential+shakespeare+handbook/Essential_Shakespeare_Handbook_Leslie_Dunton-Downer Essential Shakespeare Handbook]. DK, New York and London, 2004. ({{ISBN|978-0789493330}})
- [http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781405312790,00.html Eyewitness Companions: Opera]. DK, New York and London, 2006. ({{ISBN|978-0756622046}})
- [http://knopf.knopfdoubleday.com/2010/10/19/and-the-show-went-on-by-alan-riding/ And The Show Went On; Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris]. Knopf, 2010; Vintage 2011. ({{ISBN|978-0307389053}})
- [https://www.samsa.be/livre/les-libertadores Libertadores], Samsa Editions, Brussels, 2016.({{ISBN|978-2-87593-112-2}})
- [https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241446584-shakespeare-his-life-and-works/ Shakespeare: His Life and Works], DK, New York and London, 2021 (ISBN 978-0744035001)
- [https://www.dk.com/uk/book/9780241515822-opera/ Opera: The Definitive Illustrated Story], DK, New and London, 2022 (ISBN 978-0744056310)
References
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External links
- [http://www.alanriding.com Official website]
- [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/alan_riding/index.html?8qa List of "New York Times" articles by Alan Riding]
- [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/25532/alan-riding?sort=best_13wk_3month Author page on Alfred A. Knopf website]
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Category:Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Journalists from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:British male journalists
Category:People educated at Rossall School
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
Category:Financial Times people