Last Updated: 25 Apr, 2024 | Views: 734
Age: 60
Profession: Journalist
Other Profession(s): Historian
Famous For: Writing on Soviet Union and its satellite countries Spouse
Higher Education: Yale University (BA), London School of Economics (MA)
Net Worth: $5 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
Anne Applebaum, a well-known Polish-American journalist, was born in 1964 in the United States. Anne was raised in a household with solid intellectual roots because her father was a Polish-American mathematician, and her mother was a researcher. Since a young age, Applebaum has been passionate about politics and history.
Anne Applebaum Career:
Late in the 1990s, Applebaum shifted her attention to book writing.
In 1994: She released her debut book Between East and West.
In 2001: She spoke with Tony Blair, the British prime leader.
In 2003: She began historical research for her book Gulag: A History.
In 2012: Her second history book, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944–1956 was released.
From 2011 to 2016: She founded and oversaw the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute.
In 2017: She released Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, her third history book.
Anne Applebaum Awards:
In 2004: Applebaum won Pulitzer Prize for Gulag: A History.
In 2013: Applebaum received the Cundill Prize for Iron Curtain.
In 2017: Applebaum won Duff Cooper Prize for her book Red Famine.
Anne Applebaum Unknown Facts:
In her article "You Can't Assume a Nut Will Act Rationally," published in Slate on October 1, 2002, Applebaum argued that Saddam Hussein is not a rational agent.
Law and Justice, the ruling party in Poland, has been characterized by Applebaum as xenophobic and nationalist.
Applebaum was one of the 153 signatories to the "Harper's Letter" in July 2020.
Anne Applebaum Personal Life:
Anne Applebaum is married to Radosaw Sikorski, a former Polish foreign minister. With her marriage to Sikorski, who held prominent government positions in the Polish government, Applebaum has gained an in-depth understanding of Polish and European politics.